GULF WAR Synonyms

• an engagement fought between two military forces

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

• an incompatibility of dates or events

• opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• be in conflict

• go against, as of rules and laws

• the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

• a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply

• an active struggle between competing entities

• a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious

• make or wage war

• the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

• an active struggle between competing entities

• a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution

• a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991