Tangle
Tangle verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.
War
War verb - Make or wage war.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| short | short tangle | short war |
| huge | huge tangle | huge war |
| disastrous | disastrous tangle | disastrous war |
| political | political tangle | political war |
| Other adjectives: resulting. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Planning with Props: One of the WWI episodes used this to explain the complicated tangle of alliances and old grudges that set off the war.
Source: Series / Young Indiana Jones -
It was always far more effective to put the anti-fighter guns on separate escort fighters that could tangle with the interceptors on their own terms and ideally draw them off altogether; early in the war those just didn't have the operative range to accompany the bombers all the way.
Source: Point Defenseless
Cite this Source
War and Tangle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/tangle/war
Tangle & War. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/tangle/war>.
War or Tangle. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/tangle/war.
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