WARRED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

warred

verb

past tense of war

as in fought

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Rhodes went for the Figure Four, but Punk fought out and tried a GTS.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
And in Florida, the longest war the United States government fought was with Black maroons called Seminoles.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of fought

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The lawsuit also contended that Graves retaliated against former Police Capt.

— Laura Bauer July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
The former five-star recruit never seriously contended for a starting job there, what with Mario Cristobal bringing in Bo Nix before Thompson’s second season.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of contended

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On a Sunday afternoon in July, while much of the world watched the World Cup final, a counterexample was found to the Jacobian conjecture, a problem that had resisted proof or disproof since 1939.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Until Tuesday, some rival executives resisted calling the Detroit Tigers on left-hander Tarik Skubal, trying to be respectful as the team fought to remain in contention.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of resisted

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At El Noche de los Grandes, Gable unsuccessfully battled to become the one and only El Grande Americano.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Those poor defensive numbers might be due in part to a back ailment that Adames has battled at times this year, which has impacted his ability to work with Washington.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of battled

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The day of that performance in front of the Pope, there were people that opposed it.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
A number of lawmakers opposed the bill to establish the National Intelligence Bureau, and more than 200 people attended a protest against it in May ahead of the parliamentary vote, according to public broadcaster NHK.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of opposed

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The law has withstood numerous legal challenges over the years, but this is the first since the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped to liberal control in 2023.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Founded over 70 years ago, the church had withstood decades of erosion and sea level rise and was in dire need of a new seawall.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of withstood

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Based on the current designs, the brick church’s structure will be preserved, and the buildings will be attached with a lobby.

— Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
This is consistent with the idea that solitary (and aggressively hormonal) males were more likely to die in natural traps, such as landslides or sinkholes, increasing the chance that their bones would be preserved over thousands of years.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

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