Meaning of "war"

war •

n.
• • 1. a fight carried on by force between nations or parts of a nation: digma, digmaan, gera, giyera
  • 2. a fighting, strife, conflict: labanan, paglaban, paglalaban, pakikilaban, paghahamok, pakikihamok

v.
• • to fight, to make war: magdigma, magdigmaan, makidigma, digmain, maggera, maggiyera, gerahin, giyerahin

adj.
• • used in war, having to do with war: gamit sa digma(digmaan, gera), may kinalaman sa digmaan, pandigma

» synonyms and related words:

guerilla

n.
• • a fighter in an irregular war carried on by independent bands: gerilya

tank

n.
• • 1. a large container for liquid or gas: tangke, tangke
  • 2. a small selfmoving steel fort used to attack in war: tangke, tangke

prisoner

n.
• • 1. a person who is kept shut up against his will or who is not free to move: preso, bilanggo, kalaboso
  • 2. a person taken by the enemy in war, a capture: bihag

fight

v.
• • 1. to contend with another: lumaban, maglaban, makipaglaban, labanan, paglabanan
  • 2. to quarrel or fight (either in words or action): mag-away, makipag-away, pagawayan
  • 3. to fight one another with the fists: magsuntukan
  • 4. to eradicate: lumipol, lipulin, pumuksa, puksain

n.
• • 1. quarrel: away, awayan, basag-ulo, laban, labanan
  • 2. a war: digmaan, gera, giyera
  • 3. fist fight: suntukan
  • 4. a struggle: pagpupunyagi, pagpupumilit
  • 5. a contest: timpalak, paligsahan

conquer

v.
• • 1. to overcome by force or effort: gumahis, gahisin, magahis, lumupig, lupigin, malupig, matalo, talunin
  • 2. to take in war, subjugate: sumakop, masakop, sakupin
  • 3. to conquer a vice, etc.: mapaglabanan, masupil, supilin
  • 4. to win a victory over, to be successful: magtagumpay, pagtagumpayan
  • 5. to captivate, as by eloquence, etc.: bumihag, mabihag, bihagin, umakit, maakit, akitin

digma

n.
• • war [syn. giyera]

bihag

n.
• • prisoner-of-war, captive

laban

prep.
• • against. Laban sa kanya. Against him.

v.
• • lumaban (-um-) to fight against. Lumaban siya sa digmaan. He fought in the war.