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Meanings of warlike purposes in English
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Usage of warlike purposes in English
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The use of Atlanta for warlikepurposes is inconsistent with its character as a home for families.
2
But there were no ocean steamers, properly so-called, and there were no steamers used for warlikepurposes.
3
For warlikepurposes the Egyptians had a short trumpet of bronze, and a long trumpet, not unlike a straight trombone.
4
The elephant, which its owner had reared, not for a beast of burden, but for warlikepurposes, was half domesticated.
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But why, in the name of humanity, should every such development of man's almost immeasurable resources be dedicated to warlikepurposes?
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The Phoenician states, and Carthage in particular, were mere oligarchies, with commerce for their chief object, and slaves for mercantile or warlikepurposes.
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Here was nothing to charm the eye or conjure up visions of past glory; nothing elegant or romantic; nothing savouring of grim warlikepurposes.
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"A controversy", says Richards, "is normally an exploitation of a set of misunderstandings for warlikepurposes".