Peace and War

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Peace

Peace noun - A state without war.
Usage example: after a long and bitter war, the troubled region finally achieved peace
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War is an antonym for peace in topics: truce, calm, harmony.
Nearby Words: peaceful, peaceable, peacefully, peacekeeper, peaceably

War

War noun - A state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups.
Usage example: the war was the result of ethnic tensions that had been building in the region for decades
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Peace is an antonym for war in armed conflict topic.
Nearby Words: warship, wartime
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human human peace human war
good good peace good war
long long peace long war
brief brief peace brief war
Other adjectives: short, current, real, little, new, possible, last, resulting, global, galactic, interstellar, intergalactic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Roleplay / Record of Lodoss War The Chessmaster: Karla, the Grey Witch, is pretty much responsible for the on-again-off-again peace and war in Lodoss for the last 500 years.
    Source: Roleplay / Record of Lodoss War
  • Film / The Fog of War The Book of the Film: A companion book with the same name uses lessons from McNamara's life to examine issues of war and peace in the 20th century.
    Source: Film / The Fog of War
  • Attack Hello In ancient times when a hawaiian chief would come ashore be it in war or peace the locals would throw at least one spear at him.
    Source: Attack Hello
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War or Peace. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/peace/war.

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