You might find this paper interesting, into explores the idea of framing things as war: https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/575/F01/lakoff.johnson80.pdf http

You might find this paper interesting, into explores the idea of framing things as war: https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/575/F01/lakoff.johnson80.pdf https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/575/F01/lakoff.johnson... There's a book from the same authors that contains a more expansive list of metaphors and examples.