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wars of words

wars of words is the plural of war of words.

Meaning of war of words

Noun

war of words (plural wars of words)

  1. (idiomatic) A heated exchange of threatening or inflammatory statements.
    • The young man much resented this directness of attack, and in the war of words which followed when they met he did not scruple publicly to insult Mr Clare, without respect for his gray hairs.1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXVI, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […]...

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What is wars of words the plural of?
Wars of words is the plural of war of words.

Words near wars of words in the dictionary

  1. wars of independence
  2. wars of liberation
  3. wars of nerves
  4. wars of secession
  5. Wars of the Roses
  6. wars of words
  7. wars to the knife
  8. Warsame
  9. Warsames
  10. Warsangeli
  11. Warsavian

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