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war
1[ wawr ]
noun
- a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations:
The two nations were at war with each other.
- a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns:
the War of 1812.
- armed fighting, as a science, profession, activity, or art; methods or principles of waging armed conflict:
War is the soldier's business.
a war of words.
- aggressive business conflict, as through severe price cutting in the same industry or any other means of undermining competitors:
a fare war among airlines; a trade war between nations.
- a struggle to achieve a goal:
the war on cancer;
a war against poverty;
a war for hearts and minds.
- Cards.
- a game for two or more persons, played with a 52-card pack evenly divided between the players, in which each player turns up one card at a time with the higher card taking the lower, and in which, when both turned up cards match, each player lays one card face down and turns up another, the player with the higher card of the second turn taking all the cards laid down.
- an occasion in this game when both turned up cards match.
- Archaic. a battle.
verb (used without object)
- to make or carry on war; fight:
to war with a neighboring nation.
- to carry on active hostility or contention:
Throughout her life she warred with sin and corruption.
- to be in conflict or in a state of strong opposition:
The temptation warred with his conscience.
adjective
- of, belonging to, used in, or due to war:
war preparations; war hysteria.
war
2[ wahr ]
adjective
- worse.
war.
3abbreviation for
- warrant.
War.
1abbreviation for
- Warwickshire
war
2/ ɔː /
noun
- open armed conflict between two or more parties, nations, or states belligerentmartial
- a particular armed conflict
the 1973 war in the Middle East
- the techniques of armed conflict as a study, science, or profession
- any conflict or contest
a war of wits
the war against crime
- modifier of, relating to, resulting from, or characteristic of war
a war story
war damage
a war hero
- to have had a good warto have made the most of the opportunities presented to one during wartime
- in the wars informal.(esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
verb
- intr to conduct a war
Word History and Origins
Origin of war1
Word History and Origins
Origin of war1
Idioms and Phrases
- all's fair in love and war
- at war
- been to the wars
- declare war
- tug of war
Example Sentences
The filing decision comes a year after university campuses became center stage for tense debates over the war in Gaza that broke out after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct.
The decades-long conflict has intensified since the start of the year when M23 staged an unprecedented offensive, seizing Goma and Bukavu - eastern Congo's two largest cities - and sparking fears of a wider regional war.
The threat of a trade war sparked by President Trump’s tariffs has played a role in the state’s license plate quandary.
Before the war, the National Museum was undergoing rehabilitation, and so many of its treasures were boxed up.
If that's true, it's a sign of how Russia's war in Ukraine has come much closer to home.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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