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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| fight | / | Verb, Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| battlefield | /xx | Noun |
| skirmish | /x | Noun |
| melee | /x | Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| fighter | /x | Noun |
| assault | x/ | Noun |
| weapon | /x | Noun |
| infantry | /xx | Noun |
| countering | /xx | Verb |
| weaponry | /xx | Noun |
| counteract | /xx | Verb |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| enemy | /xx | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| multiplayer | /xxx | Noun |
| firefight | /x | Noun |
| duel | /x | Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| contest | /x | Noun |
| pitched battle | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| encounter | x/x | Noun |
| clash | / | Noun |
| mortal combat | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| warring | /x | Noun |
| conquest | /x | Noun |
| conflict | /x | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| list | / | Noun |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| struggle | /x | Noun |
| medley | /x | Noun |
| game | / | Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| defense | x/ | Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| brawl | / | Noun |
| theater of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| mart | / | Noun |
| civil war | /x/ | Name, Name |
| quarrel | /x | Noun |
| munition | x/x | Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| fight to the finish | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| battle line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| violence | /xx | Noun |
| order of battle | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| single combat | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| guerrilla warfare | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| agon | /x | Noun |
| face off | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| dispute | x/ | Noun |
| martial art | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| war of words | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| siege | / | Noun |
| trench warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| battle royal | /x/x | Name, Name |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| tactical | /xx | Adjective |
| charge | / | Noun |
| disarmament | x/xx | Noun |
| raid | / | Noun |
| tournament | /xx | Noun |
| fire | /x | Noun |
| arms race | // | Phrase, Noun |
| challenge | /x | Noun |
| power struggle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| wrestling | /x | Noun |
| warcraft | /x | Name |
| gang war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| stand | / | Noun |
| gauntlet | /x | Noun |
| bout | / | Noun |
| gunfire | /xx | Noun |
| crusade | x/ | Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| barrage | x/ | Noun |
| state of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| leed | / | Name |
| sorties | /x | Verb |
| gladiatorial | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| unarmed | x/ | Adjective |
| bested | /x | Verb |
| mortal | /x | Adjective |
| worsted | /x | Verb |
| knightly | /x | Adjective |
| aerial | /xx | Adjective |
| ritualized | /xxx | Adjective |
| rigors | /x | Noun |
| slays | / | Verb |
| hector | /x | Name |
| mock | / | Adjective, Verb |
| locked | / | Verb |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| readied | /x | Verb |
| frontline | /x | Adjective |
| hand | / | Verb |
| sanguinary | /xxx | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| vanquished | /x | Verb |
| chivalric | /xx | Adjective |
| indecisive | xx/x | Adjective |
| crucible | /xx | Noun |
| ensued | x/ | Verb |
| intraspecific | xxx/x | Adjective |
| valor | /x | Noun |
| champions | /xx | Noun |
| defeat | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| fiercest | /x | Adjective |
| engage | x/ | Verb |
| veteran | /xx | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| dragon | /x | Noun |
| zest | / | Noun |
| ferocity | x/xx | Noun |
| horrors | /x | Noun |
| thrill | / | Noun |
| furious | /xx | Adjective |
| titanic | x/x | Adjective |
| reconnaissance | x/xx | Noun |
| adversary | /xxx | Noun |
| bravery | /xx | Noun |
| unequal | x/x | Adjective |
| prowess | /x | Noun |
| rages | /x | Verb |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| chivalrous | /xx | Adjective |
| wits | / | Noun |
| achilles | x/x | Name |
| casualties | /xxx | Noun |
| deepens | /x | Verb |
| internecine | x/xx | Adjective |
| wage | / | Verb |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| against | x/ | Verb |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| alleviate | x/xx | Verb |
| amphibious | x/xx | Adjective |
| antagonism | x/xxx | Noun |
| anti | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| armored | /x | Adjective |
| avert | x/ | Verb |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| banging | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| battering | /xx | Noun |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| brush | / | Noun, Verb |
| campaign | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| confront | x/ | Verb |
| contend | x/ | Verb |
| contra | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cope | / | Verb, Noun |
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crackdown | /x | Noun |
| curb | / | Noun, Verb |
| curtail | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| dampen | /x | Verb |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| delete | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| deter | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| discourage | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| disturbance | x/x | Noun |
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb |
| elimination | xxx/x | Noun |
| engagement | x/x | Noun |
| eradicate | x/xx | Verb |
| expeditionary | xx/xxx | Name, Adjective |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| fencing | /x | Noun |
| fray | / | Noun, Verb |
| from | / | Verb |
| frustrate | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| guerrilla | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| halt | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hassle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| impact | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| luftwaffe | /x | Name |
| match | / | Noun, Verb |
| meet | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| militancy | /xxx | Noun |
| mitigate | /xx | Verb |
| nays | / | Noun |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| offset | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| operation | xx/x | Noun |
| operational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| oppose | x/ | Verb |
| opposition | xx/x | Noun |
| outlawing | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| overcome | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| peacekeeping | /xx | Noun |
| percussion | x/x | Noun |
| prevent | x/ | Verb |
| prevention | x/x | Noun |
| prohibit | x/x | Verb |
| prohibition | xx/x | Noun |
| proscription | x/x | Noun |
| punish | /x | Verb |
| rabble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| rebut | x/ | Verb |
| recon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| reduce | x/ | Verb |
| reduction | x/x | Noun |
| reject | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| remedy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| remove | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| repress | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| repression | x/x | Noun |
| resist | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| resolve | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| respond | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| response | x/ | Noun |
| reverse | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| ruffle | /x | Verb, Noun |
| rumble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| scuffle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shock | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| solve | / | Verb, Noun |
| squad | / | Noun, Verb |
| stamp | / | Noun, Verb |
| stem | / | Noun, Verb |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| strike | / | Noun, Verb |
| strive | / | Verb, Noun |
| suppress | x/ | Verb |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| surmount | x/ | Verb |
| tackle | /x | Verb, Noun |
| tactic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| thwart | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| treat | / | Verb, Noun |
| tussle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| versus | /x | Verb |
| whipping | /x | Noun |
| word | / | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| southend | /x | Name |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
