holy war in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for holy war in the English»Italian Dictionary

holy war [Am ˈhoʊli wɔ(ə)r] N

holy war

guerra f santa

Translations for holy war in the Italian»English Dictionary

guerra santa

holy war

Translations for holy war in the English»Italian Dictionary

holy [Brit ˈhəʊli, Am ˈhoʊli] ADJ

holy writings, place, well

sacro

holy water, person

santo

holy community

comunità dei fedeli

holy picture

immagine sacra

to lead a holy life

vivere santamente

on holy ground

su terreno consacrato

holy cow! holy smoke! or holy mackerel! holy shit! inf

porca miseria!

I.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] N

1. war (armed conflict):

war

guerra f

the horrors of war

gli orrori della guerra

the day war broke out

il giorno in cui scoppiò la guerra

in the war

in guerra

between the wars (world wars)

tra le due guerre

a state of war now exists between our two countries

le nostre due nazioni sono ormai in stato di guerra

to win, lose a war

vincere, perdere una guerra

to go off to the war

partire in guerra

to go to war against country

entrare in guerra contro

to wage war on country

fare guerra a

to be at war with a country

essere in guerra con una nazione

a war over or about land, independence

una guerra per

a war over or about issue, problem

una guerra su

a war over or about before n debts, correspondent, crime, criminal, effort, film, hero, historian, medal, photographer, widow, wound, cemetery, zone

di guerra

a war over or about leader

militare

war deaths

vittime di guerra

he has a good war record

ha un buon stato di servizio in guerra

2. war (fierce competition):

war fig

guerra f

price, trade war

guerra dei prezzi, commerciale

a state of war now exists between the two departments, companies

ormai è guerra aperta tra i due reparti, le due società

a war of words

un conflitto verbale

3. war (to eradicate sth):

war fig

lotta f

war fig

guerra f (against contro, a)

the war against drug traffickers

la guerra ai narcotrafficanti

to wage war on or against poverty, crime

dichiarare guerra alla

II.war <forma in -ing warring, pt, pp warred> [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] VB intr

to war with a country, one's neighbours

essere in guerra contro una nazione, con i vicini (over a causa di)

III.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr]

you look as if you've been in the wars

sembra che tu abbia fatto la guerra or hai l'aria sconvolta

holy war in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for holy war in the English»Italian Dictionary

a holy war

una guerra santa

Translations for holy war in the English»Italian Dictionary

war [wɔ:r] N

war

guerra f

civil war

guerra civil

the Great War

la Prima Guerra Mondiale

the Second World War

la Seconda Guerra Mondiale

a holy war

una guerra santa

the horrors of war

gli orrori della guerra

in time of war

in tempo di guerra

to be at war

essere in guerra

to declare war on sb a.fig

dichiarare guerra a qu

to go to war

entrare in guerra

to make war on sb

fare la guerra a qu

holy <-ier, -iest> [ˈhoʊ·li] ADJ

1. holy (sacred):

holy

santo, -a

holy water

benedetto, -a

2. holy fig:

to be a holy terror

essere una peste

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The warriors in the holy war are urged not to harm non-combatants, women and children, unless they attack you first.

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The young men played paintball in 2000 and 2001 as a means of training for holy war around the globe.

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However, remaining families were quoted as vowing a holy war against demolition attempts.

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The territorial nomads have begun a holy war to drive the human miners from their lands.

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He said that holy war was the only way to achieve reforms, not peaceful calls for reforms or elections.

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But the holy war that he declared was an attempt at unity among the "teip" clans.

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