as in civil war
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Recent Examples of holy war
Paul knows from his own dreams that this sparked holy war he's just started will kill billions (with a B) of people.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
And at the center of this web are the ayatollahs declaring holy war on the Great Satan (which is us).
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
Contributors there continue to employ the language of holy war.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
But as the movie progresses, Lady Jessica increasingly serves only to deliver communiqués to Paul from his unborn sister, who seems way more concerned with his reluctance to start an interstellar holy war than, say, the development of her own limbs.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
And at the center of this web are the ayatollahs declaring holy war on the Great Satan (which is us).
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
Contributors there continue to employ the language of holy war.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
But as the movie progresses, Lady Jessica increasingly serves only to deliver communiqués to Paul from his unborn sister, who seems way more concerned with his reluctance to start an interstellar holy war than, say, the development of her own limbs.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for holy war
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Assad and his family are known for a brutal dictatorship, which since 2011 has been devastated by a civil war that turned it into a breeding ground for the extremist group ISIS while sparking a refugee crisis that saw millions displaced from their homes.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Russia over the weekend, ending a nearly 14-year struggle to maintain power in his country amid a civil war that turned into a battlefield for international and regional powers.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Kino Lorber’s cold war doc Soundtrack To A Coup d’Etat opened at the Film Forum in NYC to $9.1k.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
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Second, a worry is that if countries try to keep their AI close to the vest, this will in turn start a new kind of cold war.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The South Koreans have pledged to arm Ukraine if North Korean troops fight there, raising the complicated prospect of an Asian proxy war in Europe – again something that would have been inconceivable years ago, and that also tilts us towards the notion of a world war.Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Her sudden death, at 39, just a few weeks after the album’s recording, tempts a retrospective reading of ((world war)).Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in a limited war since last October, but Israeli forces have significantly escalated the scope of their attacks since the beginning of September in an attempt to force Hezbollah to stop its attacks on northern Israel.Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Sep. 2024
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In this scenario, which may already be coming to fruition, the meager hope is that the conflict transforms into simply a more limited war.Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Holy war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holy%20war. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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