war;  fighting;  fierce competition
 competition;  contest;  rivalry;  competition (between organisms or species)
 fight;  battle;  combat;  struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.);  strife;  (labor) dispute
 dispute;  conflict;  trouble;  strife
 contest;  competition;  struggle;  scramble
 dispute;  controversy;  debate;  argument;  taking issue
 belligerence;  fighting spirit
 major war;  great war;  world war
 Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
 (enter into, be in) a state of war
 competition rate;  success rate;  ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
 struggle (for);  scramble;  contest
 First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
 American Civil War (1861-1865)
 internal strife;  infighting;  internal conflict
 disputed territory;  conflict area
 dispute;  contention;  conflict;  controversy
 class struggle;  class warfare;  class conflict
 Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
 Greater East Asian War (1941-1945);  Pacific War
 argument;  dispute;  controversy
 competitiveness;  competitive edge;  competitive power
 factional infighting (conflict);  antagonism between factions
 Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
 examination war;  fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
 Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
 war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
 international border dispute
 Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
 economic warfare;  economic war
 Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
 labor dispute;  labour dispute;  industrial dispute;  strike
 war experience;  experience of war;  memories of war
 Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
 (making something a) political issue
 contending for victory;  struggling for supremacy
 American War of Independence (1775-1783);  American Revolution
 Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
 competitive bidding (esp. for government contracts)
 international competitiveness;  global competitiveness
 negotiation of conditions
 arms race;  armaments race
 all-out war;  full-scale war
 Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)
 Anglo-Satsuma War (1863);  Bombardment of Kagoshima
 Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
 Spanish-American War (1898)
 campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
 Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
 Austro-Prussian War (1866)
 conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; (lit.) bride and mother-in-law war
 Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967);  Six-Day War
 conflict resolution;  dispute resolution
 War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
 political strife (antagonism, conflict)
 Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
 campus dispute;  campus strife
 Yom Kippur War;  fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
 let a hundred schools of thought contend
 dispute by legal action;  contentious
 Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)
 domestic dispute;  family trouble
 Kulturkampf (church-state conflict in Prussia; 1872-1887)
 megacompetition;  mega-competition
 home run hitting competition
 Arrow War (the second Opium War; 1856-1860)
 procedures to determine the points at issue;  pre-trial mutual disclosure and discussion of the points of contention
 struggle for supremacy;  championship game
 strikers;  workers on strike
 (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
 Unfair Competition Prevention Act
 (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
 War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
 Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
 (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
 lacking opposition or competition
 German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
 Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
 (debate over) the problem of universals
 Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
 Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945);  Pacific War
 open tendering;  open competitive bidding
 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
 Great Northern War (1700-1721)
 chaos on the roads; (lit.) traffic war
 (first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
 push-button war;  war started or ended with the push of a button (e.g. to launch a nuclear missile)
 Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945);  Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
 Russo-German War (1941-1945)
 Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
 Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
 industrial (labor-management) dispute (labour);  industrial strife
 argument as to (about) the authenticity (of...)
 business competition;  corporate competition
 whirlpool of political strife
 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
 legal point of contention;  matter in dispute;  subject of debate;  issue in contention
 Sacred Wars (of Ancient Greece)
 Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1941-1944)
 Sino-French War (1884-1885)
 Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
 Sanrizuka Struggle;  campaign against the construction of Narita airport
 trade dispute;  trade conflict;  trade war
 Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
 French and Indian War (1754-1763)
 Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
 Spanish-American War (1898)
 Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967);  Third Arab-Israeli War
 Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict (1969)
 dispute between China and Vietnam
 explosive remnants of war;  ERW
 anticompetitive behaviour;  anticompetitive behavior;  anticompetitive practice
 War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870);  Paraguayan War
 Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
 Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
 Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
 Sikh Wars (1845-1846, 1848-1849)
 Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))
 Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
 Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
 Anglo-Mysore Wars (1766-1799)
 Anglo-Maratha Wars (1777-1783, 1803-1805, 1817-1818)
 Lapland War (between Finland and Germany; 1944-1945)
 hybrid warfare;  hybrid war
 war of national liberation
 Omnibus Trade and Competition Act
 business competitiveness;  corporate competitiveness
 Foreign Intervention in Russia (1917-1922)
 war-risk insurance;  war insurance
 labor unrest;  labour unrest
 fighting over inheritance;  inheritance dispute
 Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
 German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
 Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
 local competition (between telephone service providers)
 labor slowdown;  labour slowdown
 collateral estoppel;  issue preclusion
 Bosnian Conflict (1992-1998)
 blood diamond;  conflict diamonds;  war diamonds
 Croatian War of Independence
 War in North-West Pakistan
 2007 Russia–Belarus energy dispute
 Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
 Puntland–Somaliland dispute
 Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
 local competition (e.g. telephone)
 internal discord;  internal dissension