WARRED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

warred

verb

past tense of war

as in fought

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In contrast, the ad says Desmond fought to lower costs and supports suspending the gas tax.

— Kevin Freking, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
In the case of Yemen, the ground fighters inside the country who are taking on the Houthis are deeply divided and fought each other as recently as January.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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Chen initially resisted the rainbow-like chromatic aberration familiar from other screen depictions of superpowers.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
That figure, which includes prices for groceries and food eaten away from home, suggests some restaurants and stores resisted passing along higher supply costs to shoppers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

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The bullpens battled to a scoreless draw, the Dodgers’ last stand falling flat after Tucker and pinch-hitting rookie Josue De Paula drew a pair of two-out walks against Brewers closer Trevor Megill.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Fort Worth firefighters battled for almost 18 hours after six electric SUVs were destroyed and two others damaged in a fire at a Cadillac dealership on Friday.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of battled

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The Bruins’ defense withstood the Ducks’ final push and celebrated a signature victory during a turnaround season.

— Elias Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
But the Penguins withstood an early flurry in overtime and sent the home fans happy with an overtime win courtesy of Tommy Novak.

— Josh Yohe, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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