warring
adjective
[ ˈwɔːrɪŋ ]
• (of two or more people or groups) in conflict with each other.
• "warring factions"
Similar:
opposing,
conflicting,
clashing,
at war,
contending,
fighting,
battling,
quarrelling,
pugnacious,
quarrelsome,
aggressive,
belligerent,
militant,
martial,
warlike,
warmongering,
competing,
hostile,
rival,
at loggerheads,
at daggers drawn,
at each other's throats,
war
verb
• engage in a war.
• "small states warred against each another"
Similar:
fight,
battle,
combat,
wage war,
make war,
be at war,
be in conflict,
conduct a war,
do battle,
join battle,
take the field,
take up arms,
feud,
quarrel,
struggle,
strive,
contend,
grapple,
wrangle,
tilt,
cross swords,
lock horns,
come to blows,
attack,
engage,
clash with,
encounter,
take on,
set to,
skirmish with,
grapple with,
be at each other's throats,
fight like cat and dog,
Opposite:
make peace,
Origin:
late Old English werre, from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French guerre, from a Germanic base shared by worse.
