holy warnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌhəʊ.li ˈwɔːr/us/ˌhoʊ.li ˈwɔːr/a war fought to defend religious beliefs or to force others to follow a different religion
See also
crusade
jihad
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- concord
- crusade
- hostile
- militarist
- pacific
- peacekeeping
- phoney war
- pro-war
- scorched-earth policy
- SDI
- the Second World War
- war clouds are gathering idiom
- war-torn
- warfare
- warlike
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