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guerre par procuration nom {f} | proxy war◼◼◼(war where two powers use third parties) |
guerre psychologique nom {f} | psychological warfare◼◼◼(mentally manipulative approach to warfare) war of nerves(conflict in which demoralizing and frightening tactics are used) |
guerre sainte nom {f} | holy war◼◼◼(primarily religious war) |
guerre totale nom {f} | total war◼◼◼(warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) |
à la guerre comme à la guerre phrase | all's fair in love and war◼◼◼(unpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict) |
acte de guerre nom {m} | act of war◼◼◼noun |
anti-guerre adjectif | anti-war◼◼◼(opposed to war) |
après-guerre adjectif | post-war◼◼◼(pertaining to a period following the end of a war) |
art de la guerre nom {m} | art of war◼◼◼(strategies and tactics) |
butin de guerre nom {m} | spoils of war◼◼◼(profits extracted as the result of winning a war) |
char (de guerre) nom {m} | chariot [chariots]◼◼◼(vehicle used in warfare) |
chef de guerre nom {m} | war chief◼◼◼(person who leads a people in war, see also: war leader; commander) war leader◼◼◻(person who leads a people in war, see also: war chief; commander) |
cimetière de guerre nom {m} | war cemetery◼◼◼(cemetery reserved for the graves of victims of warfare) |
conseil de guerre nom {m} | court martial◼◼◼(court; council of war) |
correspondant de guerre nom {m} | war correspondent◼◼◼noun |
cri de guerre nom {m} | battle cry◼◼◼(something the troops yell out when going to war or battle) |
crime de guerre nom {m} | war crime [war crimes]◼◼◼(offense for violations of the law of war) |
criminel de guerre nom {m} | war criminal◼◼◼(person guilty of war crimes) |
criminelle de guerre nom {f} | war criminal◼◼◼(person guilty of war crimes) |
cyberguerre nom {f} | cyberwarfare◼◼◼(warfare taking place on the Internet) |
d'avant-guerre adjectif | pre-war◼◼◼(Before a war) antebellum◼◼◻(of a period of time prior to a war) |
daguerréotype nom {m} | daguerreotype [daguerreotypes]◼◼◼(type of photograph) |
daguerréotyper verbe | daguerreotype◼◼◼(make a photograph) |
danse de guerre nom {f} | war dance◼◼◼(ceremonial dance performed before a major battle or after a victory) |
de l'entre-deux-guerres adjectif | interwar◼◼◼(relating to the time between two wars) |
déclaration de guerre nom {f} | declaration of war◼◼◼(a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) |
déclarer la guerre verbe | declare war◼◼◼(initiate a state of war) |
déterrer la hache de guerre verbe | take up the hatchet(to make or declare war) |
Deuxième Guerre mondiale nom {f} | World War II◼◼◼(war from 1939 to 1945) |
droit de la guerre nom {m} | law of war◼◼◼(law concerning acceptable practices while engaged in war) |
drôle de guerre nom {f} | Phoney War◼◼◼proper noun |
d’après-guerre adjectif | postbellum(of the period following a war) |
effort de guerre nom {m} | war effort◼◼◼noun |
en amour comme à la guerre phrase | all's fair in love and war◼◼◼(unpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict) |
en guerre preposition | at war◼◼◼preposition |
enterrer la hache de guerre verbe | bury the hatchet◼◼◼(to stop fighting or arguing) |
entrer en guerre verbe | go to war◼◼◼(enter armed conflict) |