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noun
The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: war
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: military action, action
Narrower terms: limited war, psychological warfare, war of nerves, civil war, chemical warfare, chemical operations, biological warfare, BW, biological attack, biologic attack, bioattack, information warfare, IW, jihad, jehad, international jihad, world war, hot war, Chino-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War, Macedonian War, Arab-Israeli War, Six-Day War, Six Day War, Yom Kippur War, Balkan Wars, Boer War, Crimean War, Franco-Prussian War, French and Indian War, Hundred Years' War, Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War, Korean War, Mexican War, Napoleonic Wars, Peloponnesian War, Persian Gulf War, Punic War, Russo-Japanese War, Seven Years' War, Spanish-American War, Spanish War, Thirty Years' War, Trojan War, Vietnam War, Vietnam, War of Greek Independence, War of the Austrian Succession, War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg, War of the Spanish Succession, War of the Roses, Wars of the Roses, War of 1812
noun
an active struggle between competing entities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: war
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conflict, struggle, battle
Narrower terms: drug war, trench warfare
History
From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”).
Across languages
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
