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bellum componere (Fam. 10. 33)to terminate a war (by a treaty, etc.)Rate it:

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bellum conficere, perficereto terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents).Rate it:

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bellum conflare (Fam. 5. 2. 8)to kindle a war.Rate it:

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bellum coniungere (Imp. Pomp. 9. 26)to wage war in conjunction with some one.Rate it:

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bellum cum aliquo inireto begin a war with some one.Rate it:

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bellum ducere, trahere, extrahereto protract, prolong a war.Rate it:

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bellum facere, movere, excitareto cause a war.Rate it:

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bellum gerere cum aliquoto make war on a person.Rate it:

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bellum impendet, imminet, instata war is imminent.Rate it:

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bellum indīcere, denuntiareto make formal declaration of war.Rate it:

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bellum intestinum, domesticum (opp. bellum externum)a civil war.Rate it:

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bellum iustum (pium)a regular, formal war.Rate it:

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bellum molirito meditate war.Rate it:

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bellum or arma ultro inferreto be the aggressor in a war; to act on the offensive.Rate it:

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bellum oritur, exardescitwar breaks out.Rate it:

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bellum parareto make preparations for war.Rate it:

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bellum pro religionibus susceptuma religious war.Rate it:

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bellum transferre alio, in...to transfer the seat of war elsewhere.Rate it:

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boots on the groundThe ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes.Rate it:

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Bury the HatchetTo end up the war or conflicts and become friends again,Rate it:

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comfort womanA woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces during World War II.Rate it:

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consilium habere, convocareto hold a council of war.Rate it:

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denuntiare bellum, caedem (Sest. 20. 46)to threaten war, carnage.Rate it:

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enemy combatantAny person in an armed conflict who may be properly detained under the laws and customs of war.Rate it:

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fight a losing battleTo continue to wage war when it is clear that one is not going to win.Rate it:

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fin contre fin gare la bombe“When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.”Rate it:

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GI canused to refer sardonically to shells fired by the German Army in World War IRate it:

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go to the mattressesTo go to war; to use ruthless tactics; to act without restraint.Rate it:

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il sortirent tambour battant, mèche alluméeThey went out with all the honours of war.Rate it:

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minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellumto threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war.Rate it:

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mittere ad bellumto send to the war.Rate it:

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navis longaa man-of-war.Rate it:

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new townA town built to address housing shortages post World War II.Rate it:

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omni studio in (ad) bellum incumbereto carry on a war energetically.Rate it:

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omnia bello flagrant or ardent (Fam. 4. 1. 2)everywhere the torch of war is flaming.Rate it:

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one must fight the beast of brutality, to defend one’s stance on neutralityWhen war is thrust upon a nation by another belligerent nation, a neutral nation suffers a dilemma of the collective state conscience.Rate it:

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Pen is Mightier than the SwordWords have more power than war, to influence with ones words not with fightRate it:

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praeficere aliquem bello gerendoto charge some one with the conduct of a war.Rate it:

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proficisci ad bellum, in expeditionem (Sall. Iug. 103)to go to war, commence a campaign.Rate it:

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rei militaris rudem esseto have had no experience in war.Rate it:

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rem ad consilium deferreto refer a matter to a council of war.Rate it:

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res gestaeexploits in war; brilliant actions.Rate it:

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see the elephantTo witness something unexpected and awe-filling. [early 19th c. to Civil War]Rate it:

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shoot oneself in the footTo deliberately sabotage an activity in order to avoid obligation, though it causes personal suffering. Origins in first world war trench warfare.Rate it:

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wolfpackDuring World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.Rate it:

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