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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pow | / | Noun, Noun |
| enemy combatant | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| hostage | /x | Noun |
| parole | x/ | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| conquest | /x | Noun |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| state of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| guerrilla | x/x | Noun |
| arrest | x/ | Noun |
| capture | /x | Noun |
| warring | /x | Noun |
| war crime | // | Phrase, Noun |
| invasion | x/x | Noun |
| occupation | xx/x | Noun |
| weapon | /x | Noun |
| civil war | /x/ | Name, Name |
| war party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| power struggle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| guerrilla warfare | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| siege | / | Noun |
| forced march | // | Phrase, Noun |
| detention | x/x | Noun |
| sally | /x | Name |
| war of independence | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| commando | x/x | Noun |
| war footing | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| requisition | xx/x | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| troop | / | Noun |
| party | /x | Noun |
| picket | /x | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| declaration of war | xx/x// | Phrase, Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fallen | /x | Verb |
| cold war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| contraband of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| deserter | /xx | Noun |
| world war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| encounter | x/x | Noun |
| kidnapping | /xx | Noun |
| investment | x/x | Noun |
| council of war | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| law of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| fight | / | Noun |
| war cry | // | Phrase, Noun |
| theater of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| martial law | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| target of opportunity | /x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| present | /x | Noun |
| forces | /x | Noun |
| foray | /x | Noun |
| counterinsurgency | xxx/xx | Noun |
| expedition | xx/x | Noun |
| no quarter | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| armistice | /xx | Noun |
| forced labor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| discharge | x/ | Noun |
| interview | /xx | Noun |
| order of battle | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| human shield | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| peace offering | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| hot pursuit | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| white flag | // | Name, Name |
| war machine | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| wrestling | /x | Noun |
| hunger strike | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| sortie | /x | Noun |
| manhunt | /x | Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| panel | /x | Noun |
| quarter | /x | Noun |
| mortal combat | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| pullout | /x | Noun |
| raid | / | Noun |
| rapine | /x | Noun |
| list | / | Noun |
| threat | / | Noun |
| gang war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| intifada | xx/x | Noun |
| peace treaty | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| succour | // | Noun |
| reserve | x/ | Noun |
| engagement | x/x | Noun |
| breakthrough | /x | Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| quarantine | /xx | Noun |
| rearguard | /x | Noun |
| ramp | / | Noun |
| war effort | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| chivalry | /xx | Noun |
| duel | /x | Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| hard labor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| raiding party | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| abducted | x/x | Adjective |
| accused | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| acknowledgement | x/xx | Noun |
| adolescent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| agrarian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| airman | /x | Noun |
| alliance | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| antiwar | xx/ | Adjective |
| apartheid | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| army | /x | Noun |
| athlete | /x | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bars | / | Noun |
| battlefield | /xx | Noun |
| battleground | /xx | Noun |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| bellum | /x | Name |
| biological warfare | xx/xx/x | Name, Name |
| blitz | / | Noun, Verb |
| blitzkrieg | /x | Noun |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bomb | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cadet | x/ | Noun |
| cage | / | Noun, Verb |
| campaign | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| captive | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| captivity | x/xx | Noun |
| cell | / | Noun, Verb |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| chemical warfare | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| child | / | Noun, Verb |
| civilian | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| clamp | / | Noun, Verb |
| clash | / | Noun, Verb |
| clinic | /x | Noun |
| colonel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| condemned | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| conditionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| conflagration | xx/x | Noun |
| convict | /x | Verb, Noun |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crusade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| custodial | x/xx | Adjective |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| death | / | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| defendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| detained | x/ | Noun |
| detainee | xx/ | Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dispensary | x/xx | Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| domestic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| earner | /x | Noun |
| emissary | /xxx | Noun |
| encampment | x/x | Noun |
| espionage | /xxx | Noun |
| evaluated | x/xxx | Verb |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| fear | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| feud | / | Noun, Verb |
| fighter | /x | Noun |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| fugitives | /xx | Verb |
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| go to war | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| grip | / | Noun, Verb |
| guard | / | Noun, Verb |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| hate | / | Verb, Noun |
| held | / | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| holocaust | /xx | Name, Verb |
| imprisoned | x/x | Verb |
| injury | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| inmate | /x | Noun |
| inpatient | /xx | Noun |
| internal | x/x | Adjective |
| interwar | xxx | Adjective |
| iran | x/ | Name |
| iraq | x/ | Name |
| jail | / | Noun, Verb |
| jihad | /x | Noun, Verb |
| karo | /x | Name |
| kill | / | Verb, Noun |
| killer | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| land | / | Noun, Verb |
| launch | / | Noun, Verb |
| love | / | Noun, Verb |
| martial | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| migrant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| naval | /x | Adjective, Name |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| offender | x/x | Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| owned | / | Adjective |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| parliament | /xx | Noun |
| patient | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| patrol | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| peace | / | Noun, Verb |
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| perpetrator | /xxx | Noun |
| persian | /x | Name, Adjective |
| person | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pilgrim | /x | Noun, Verb |
| polemic | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| political prisoner | x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| postwar | // | Adjective |
| preadolescent | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| prewar | x/ | Adjective |
| prison | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prisoners | /xx | Verb |
| psychological warfare | xx/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| reform | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| revolution | xx/x | Noun |
| revolutionary | xx/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| scary | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sentenced | /x | Noun |
| serfs | / | Noun |
| shackle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| socialist | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| soldier | /x | Noun, Verb |
| spy | / | Noun, Verb |
| staff | / | Noun, Verb |
| stopped | / | Adjective |
| struggle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| surety | /xx | Noun |
| take up arms | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| teen | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| tenant | /x | Noun, Verb |
| thrall | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| throats | / | Noun |
| treaty | /x | Noun, Verb |
| trojan war | /x/ | Name, Name |
