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• v  make or wage war
• s  engaged in war
  belligerent (or warring) nations

• According to Global Witness, although the Congolese army and FDLR rebel groups have been warring on opposite sides for years, they are collaborators in the mining effort, at times .
• In Bully they take that narrative sensibility to a private school dominated by warring cliques: jocks, nerds, bullies, girls, etc.
• It was an appropriately medieval spectacle for a country that years ago degenerated into primitive warring bands, although equipped with frighteningly modern weaponry.

• war
• belligerent
• militant
• war-ridden

• make_peace

News & Articles

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• U.S. Arms for Syrian Rebels Unhelpful, U.N. Says
  Military aid to either of the warring sides in Syria would hamper the search for a political solution to the conflict, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday after the United States said it would arm the rebels.
  June 14, 2013 - HispanicBusiness.com
• Takara Tomy Streams Transformers Go! Trailer
  Series featuring new Transformers in Warring States period gets DVD release starting in July
  June 13, 2013 - Anime News Network
• Dance team fight eclipses Peters' hiring of top official
  Peters selects Jeannine French as new superintendent, but fights continue between warring factions on the school board.
  June 13, 2013 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Quotes

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• Ted Haggard in Christian Post
  The fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality. And I take responsibility for the entire problem,Haggard wrote. "I am a deceiver and a liar. There's a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it for all...
• Omar al-Bashir in Reuters
  I hereby announce our immediate unconditional ceasefire between the armed forces and the warring factions, provided that an effective monitoring mechanism is put into action and observed by all involved parties,Bashir said in a speech.
• Louis Michel in San Francisco Chronicle
  This is a time when people desperately need protection and support. The warring parties must respect the principles of international humanitarian law,Michel said.