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Princeton's WordNet

  1. go to war, take arms, take up armsverb

    commence hostilities

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  1. go to warverb

    To enter into an armed conflict with another nation

Wikipedia

  1. Go to War

    Go to War is a song by American rock band Nothing More. It was released on June 23, 2017 as the first single off of the band's fifth album The Stories We Tell Ourselves. The song performed well commercially and critically, topping the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and receiving two Grammy Award nominations Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, for the 2018 Grammys.

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  1. go to war

    To go to war refers to the act of engaging or initiating a state of armed conflict or hostility between countries, organizations, or groups, generally implemented by political decision. This can involve the use of military force, strategic planning, and significant resource investment. It can also indicate starting a vigorous campaign against something, even outside the military context.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of go to war in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of go to war in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of go to war in a Sentence

  1. Wolf Blitzer:

    All the other news organizations pulled out because they were afraid the war was going to start. And these courageous CNN journalists -- they stayed there.

  2. Greg Vesey:

    It is still a very difficult market. The trade war with China has put a damper on deals in China.

  3. Victoria Spartz:

    Unfortunately, we have too many people that … hopefully they change their mind that the biggest threat is the climate change right now because we have much bigger problems right now and we have lack of common sense, we have a lack of common sense in Europe, but we also have lack of common sense in our country, and it's created instability, bloodshed and a lot of problems. So we need to be smarter. And I think, you know, this president needs to understand if we want to tip the scale and make President Putin listen to us, the most effective way to do it is stop financing his war.

  4. Chuck Hagel:

    World War I was a horrific, terrible war that affected really everybody -- certainly affected us, and not to make a little bit of an effort to get to a very important ceremony was wrong. And I'm disappointed and I'm sorry that he didn't do it.

  5. Albert Einstein:

    I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.


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