Contending
War and contending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "War" instead a verb "Contending".
War
War verb - Make or wage war.
Contending and war are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Contending" with "War", this verbs are similar.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- On the other hand, much of the game is spent contending with a messy war involving three different nations and lots of political intrigue and scheming.
Source: Low Fantasy -
Poland and Russia still have difficult relationships, mostly over the long history of war, occupation and repression, and the various contending memories, with Russia regarding Poland's enrollment into NATO as an expansion eastwards on the part of the West.
Source: Useful Notes / Poland - Again, contending dynasties, war, and then conquest by the Mongols.
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War and Contending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contending/war
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