CIVILIANIZATIONS Antonyms

• inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

• striving to overcome in argument

• having or showing a ready disposition to fight

• 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

• Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)

• (of persons) befitting a warrior

• suggesting war or military life

• of or relating to the armed forces

• a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

• act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:

• of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare

• characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military

• associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians

• the military forces of a nation

• a period of time during which there is armed conflict

• lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force

• adopt for military use

• the military forces of a nation