(n) site of a bloody battle
(n) finals game of a tournament
decision of a contest
(n) deciding match
play-off
runoff
(n) atomic war
(n) individual match
single game
(n) ancient battlefield
(n) second half
(P)
(n) right of belligerency
(n) warring nations
belligerents
(n) regular game
pennant race
(P)
(n) warlike nation
(adj-na) belligerent
warlike
(n) battle
(n) front
first line
spearhead
(adj-no) operational
strategic
(n) large-scale speculative go-around
(n) street fighting
(n) protracted war
war of attrition
(n) war advocacy
jingoism
bellicose argument
(adj-no) postwar
(n) end of campaign
(n) heavy tank
(n) firefight
gun battle
shoot-out
(n) first challenge
first try
(P)
(n) early stages (of a game)
opening phase
(n) victory
(n) war of attrition
(n) psychological warfare
(n) new Cold war
(n) war of nerves