Brawl and War

Brawl

Brawl noun - A rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people.

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War and brawl are semantically related. In some cases you can use "War" instead the word "Brawl" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: brawling, brawled, brawler

War noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.

Usage example: the siblings always seemed to be at war with one another

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Brawl and war are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brawl" instead the word "War" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: warship, wartime

good	good brawl	good war
full	full brawl	full war
brief	brief brawl	brief war
short	short brawl	short war
Other adjectives: open, brutal, small, actual, entire, real, violent, massive, big, huge, little, bloody, outright, inevitable, last, giant, all-out, recent, resulting, ensuing, three-way, full-scale, ongoing.

Right before a duel, brawl, battle, or war would start between two misled factions, the heroes arrive just in time, give a Battle Interrupting Shout, and tell everyone to try and be friends instead.

Source: Standing Between the Enemies
There Will Be Brawl occurs to the backdrop of public unrest due to a mob war going on between gangs controlled by Mewtwo, Ganondorf, King Dedede and Bowser.

Source: Mob War
In the second movie, however, African lions apply tribal war paint before a ritual brawl, and giraffes have dance moves based on Masai warriors and appoint Melman as their Witch Doctor.

Source: National Animal Stereotypes

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