Dispute and War

Dispute

Dispute noun - Variance of opinion on a matter.

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

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

Nearby Words: warship, wartime

long	long dispute	long war
brief	brief dispute	brief war
current	current dispute	current war
original	original dispute	original war
Other adjectives: endless, entire, constant, violent, big, huge, terrible, bitter, personal, major, political, bloody, last, protracted, recent, ensuing, ongoing.

During his Not So Different rant in The Killing Joke, the Joker remarks that the last world war was caused by a dispute over how many telegraph poles Germany owed as war reparations.

Source: Silly Reason for War
The Finley/Lashway war in The Overture began over a dispute as to who owned desolate rock.

Source: Silly Reason for War
Eventually, a long-running border dispute with Vietnam kicked off into a full-scale war.

Source: Useful Notes / History Of The Cold War

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