0 serious or angry discussions about something that people disagree on, especially discussions that continue for a long time: --
Politicians in California, Illinois, and other states engaged in an escalating war of words.
The war of words over sanctions remains furious.
This is as much a war of words as a war of bombs.
The result has been a bitter war of words between the two neighbouring countries.
This was not the time or the place to engage in a war of words with his son.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
war of words