| Feuding |
| Clashing |
| Battling |
| Fighting |
| In battle |
| Embattled |
| In combat |
| Up in arms |
| Conflicting |
| In conflict |
| Doing battle |
| Fighting hard |
| In a conflict |
| Having it out |
| Openly hostile |
| Trading punches |
| Battling it out |
| Fighting (with) |
| Crossing swords |
| Fighting it out |
| Beyond bickering |
| Fighting: 2 wds. |
| In open conflict |
| Not in peacetime |
| Not just feuding |
| Engaged in battle |
| Clashing big-time |
| Fighting an enemy |
| In armed conflict |
| Violently engaged |
| Battling big-time |
| Fighting big-time |
| More than feuding |
| Fighting fiercely |
| Engaged in combat |
| Engaging the enemy |
| Locked in conflict |
| Militarily engaged |
| Not enjoying peace |
| Not just bickering |
| Engaged in a battle |
| Engaged in conflict |
| Engaged in fighting |
| More than bickering |
| Not just squabbling |
| Fighting, as nations |
| Engaged in a campaign |
| Way more than feuding |
| Beyond saber-rattling |
| In conflict, seriously |
| Exchanging hostilities |
| More than just feuding |
| Engaged in hostilities |
| Really battling it out |
| In a state of conflict |
| Battling it out: 2 wds. |
| Fighting tooth and nail |
| Hardly on friendly terms |
| In a hostile environment |
| Engaged in armed conflict |
| Fighting fiercely: 2 wds. |
| Like feudal states, often |
| More than just quarreling |
| Beyond diplomatic niceties |
| In a major conflict (with) |
| More than just skirmishing |
| In a state of armed conflict |
| More than just saber-rattling |
| Fighting, as countries: 2 wds. |
| Like Iraq and Iran, in the 1980s |
| Making more guns and less butter? |
| Bush ___" (Bob Woodward bestseller) |
| Not getting along, to say the least |
| Engaged in country-to-country combat |
| Not on the best terms, to put it lightly |
| Like Russia and Japan, for most of 1904-'05 |