Collocations with war

war noun

ADJECTIVES

long, short
bloody
all-out, full-scale, total
limited
holy, just
civil, global, world
air, guerrilla
atomic, nuclear
cold
economic, trade
price
class

VERBS

be in, fight in
fight, make, wage
win
lose
declare
go to
avert, prevent
be ravaged by
approach, loom, threaten
begin, break out, come, erupt, start
escalate, spread
continue, drag on, go on, last, progress, rage (on)
come to an end, end

NOUNS

years
hero, veteran
chief, leader
casualty, victim
damage
correspondent
artist, poet
zone
effort
record
wound
crime, criminal
graves, memorial
aims
damages, reparations
baby, bride, widow
booty
cry, dance
machine

PREPOSITIONS

at
between the
in (a/the)
against/with
between
on
with

PHRASES

the horrors of war
in a state of war, in time/times of war
on a war footing
the brink of war
the outbreak of war
a theatre of war
a war of attrition