Panoply vs. War

A splendid display of something.

A collection or display of weaponry.

Ceremonial garments, complete with all accessories.

(historical) A complete set of armour.

(by extension) Something that covers and protects.

(by extension) A broad or full range or complete set.

To fit out in a suit of armour

To array or bedeck

Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.

Example: ‘We had need to take the Christian panoply, to put on the whole armor of God.’;

Any full set of elaborate attire, complete with accessories or accompanying paraphernalia; any elaborate special or ceremonial attire and equipment.

Any impressive complete array; as, the full panoply of a presidential funeral.

Any complete array of devices used in an endeavor; as, to deploy the full panoply of writer's techniques.

a complete and impressive array

A panoply is a complete suit of armor. The word represents the ancient Greek πανοπλία (panoplía), where the word πᾶν pân means , and ὅπλον hóplon, .

Example: ‘all’; ‘arms’;

(uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.

Example: ‘The war was largely between Sunni and Shia militants.’;

(countable) A particular conflict of this kind.

Any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.

Example: ‘You look like you've been through the wars.’;

(figuratively) A campaign against something.

Example: ‘The "war on drugs" is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs.’; ‘The "war on terror" is a campaign against terrorist crime.’; ‘In the US, conservatives rail against the "war on Christmas".’;

A bout of fierce competition in trade.

Example: ‘I reaped the benefit of the car dealerships' price war, getting my car for far less than it's worth.’; ‘The cellular phone companies were engaged in a freebie war, each offering various services thrown in when one purchased a plan.’;

Instruments of war.

(obsolete) Armed forces.

(uncountable) A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt.

(intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).

To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

Ware; aware.

A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities.

Example: ‘Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed.’;

A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.

Instruments of war.

Example: ‘His complement of stores, and total war.’;

Forces; army.

Example: ‘On their embattled ranks the waves return,And overwhelm their war.’;

The profession of arms; the art of war.

Example: ‘Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth.’;

a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility.

Example: ‘The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart.’;

To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.

Example: ‘Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it.’; ‘Why should I war without the walls of Troy?’; ‘Our countrymen were warring on that day!’;

To contend; to strive violently; to fight.

To make war upon; to fight.

Example: ‘To war the Scot, and borders to defend.’;

To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

Example: ‘That thou . . . mightest war a good warfare.’;

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy;

Example: ‘thousands of people were killed in the war’;

a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply;

Example: ‘war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring’;

an active struggle between competing entities;

Example: ‘a price war’; ‘a war of wits’; ‘diplomatic warfare’;

a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious;

Example: ‘the war on poverty’; ‘the war against crime’;

make or wage war

War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces.