police action

noun

Definition of police actionnext
as in civil war

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  1. civil war
  2. cold war
  3. world war
  4. holy war
  5. limited war
Noun
  • Tice, who has had his work published by The Washington Post, McClatchy newspapers and others, disappeared at a checkpoint in a contested area west of Damascus as the Syrian civil war intensified.
    ABBY SEWELL AND MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Turkey, Israel, Qatar, and the United States all have their own reasons to want a stable, inclusive new government in Damascus, focused on rebuilding Syria from the horrors of the old regime and the destruction caused by years of civil war.
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of civil war
Noun
  • Possible consequences include a second international cold war threatening disastrous American decline or, conceivably, even a third world war.
    Jay Ambrose, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2024
  • 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
Definition of cold war
Noun
  • This is a rivalry that dates to 1890 and is the nation’s longest uninterrupted series as the schools have met each year since 1907 while persevering through two world wars, a depression and a pandemic.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • In the nine decades since, the business has witnessed a calamitous world war, a radical change in the way men dress, and a once-in-a-century pandemic.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of world war
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  • His speech Sunday was steeped in the language of Islamic holy war.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The Justice Department said Aman wanted to join ISIS to engage in a holy war, or jihad, in Syria.
    Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of holy war
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of limited war
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