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 Translation for 'war chariot' from English to Swedish
NOUN   a war chariot | war chariots
hist.
häststridsvagn {u}
(war) chariot
Partial Matches
hist.
stridsvagn {u}
chariot [war chariot]
krig {n}war
film
krigsfilm {u}
war film
krigshjälte {u}war hero
hist.mil.
Vietnamkriget {n} [best. f.]
Vietnam War
handelpol.
handelskrig {n}
trade war
krigsskadestånd {n}(war) reparations {pl}
mil.pol.
befrielsekrig {n}
liberation war
ekon.handel
priskrig {n}
price war
krigsförbrytare {u}war criminal
världskrig {n}world war
krigsförbrytelse {u}war crime
hist.mil.
kolonialkrig {n}
colonial war
mil.pol.
inbördeskrig {n}
civil war
krigsliknande {adj} [oböjl.]war-like
mil.
anfallskrig {n}
war of aggression
efterkrigstiden {u} [best. f.]post-war period
efterkrigstiden {u} [best. f.]post-war era
hist.
efterkrigstiden {u} [best. f.]
post-war years {pl}
mil.pol.
befrielsekrig {n}
war of liberation
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Usage Examples English
  • In his later years he created an elaborate water garden at his home (Athenian Cottage in the suburb of Mutley), and he was wont to drive round the streets of the town in a gig disguised as a Roman war chariot.
  • But the war chariot still retained its prestige and importance, despite the tactical superiority of cavalry.
  • This period came to end with the invasion of the Hyksos, who introduced the war chariot.
  • When Lord Shiva seated on the chariot before heading to war, chariot was unable to move forward, Lord Vishnu took form as bull and dragged the chariot and then became the bull flag on top of chariot.
  • The low relief on the frieze represents a scene with a war chariot drawn by horses.

  • "Boadicea and Her Daughters", a statue of the queen in her war chariot, complete with anachronistic scythes on the wheel axles, was executed by the sculptor Thomas Thornycroft.
  • The scythed chariot was a war chariot with scythe blades mounted on each side. It was employed in ancient times.
  • Walter Burkert suggests that the Hellene cult worship of Poseidon as a horse god may be connected to the introduction of the horse and war-chariot from Anatolia to Greece around 1600 BC.
  • The Chinese war chariot, like the other war chariots of Eurasia, derived its characteristic ability to perform at high speed by a combination of a light design, together with a propulsion system using horses, which were the fastest draft animals available.
  • It has now been identified as a linchpin from the wheel of a war chariot belonging to a high-ranking person. It would have appeared on the side of a chariot in much the position as a modern hubcap.

  • Next, the Indras granted a huge, automatically moving chariot with swinging spiked maces on each side, and said to have been driven by Charmendra himself, to Ajatashatru.
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