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noun. A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties.

noun. The period of such conflict.

noun. The techniques and procedures of war; military science.

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noun. A condition of active antagonism or contention.

noun. A concerted effort or campaign to combat or put an end to something considered injurious.

intransitive verb. To wage or carry on warfare.

intransitive verb. To be in a state of hostility or rivalry; contend.

idiom. (at war) In an active state of conflict or contention.

A Middle English form of ware.

To make or carry on war; carry on hostilities; fight.

To contend; strive violently; be in a state of opposition.

To make war upon; oppose, as in war; contend against.

To carry on, as a contest.

To defeat; worst.

A Middle English form of were.

Same as worse.

noun. A contest beween nations or states (international war), or between parties in the same state (civil war), carried on by force of arms.

noun. A state of active opposition, hostility, or contest: as, to be at war (that is, engaged in active hostilities).

noun. Any kind of contest or conflict; contention; strife: as, a wordy war.

noun. The profession of arms; the art of war.

noun. Forces; army. Compare battle.

noun. Warlike outfit.

noun. Specifically— In Roman history, the war between Sulla and Marius (commencing 88 b. c.) or that between Pompey and Cæsar (commencing 49 b. c.)

noun. In English history, the war of the great rebellion. See rebellion.

noun. In United States history, the war of secession. See secession.

noun. of 1828–9, ending in the defeat of Turkey;

noun. of 1853–6 (see Crimean);

noun. of 1877–8, between Russia and its allies (Rumania, etc.) and Turkey, resulting in the defeat of Turkey and the reconstruction of southeastern Europe.

noun. 343–341 b. c.

noun. 326–304 b. c.

noun. 298–290 b. c., ending in the triumph of Rome.

adjective. Ware; aware.

noun. 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.

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

noun. Instruments of war.

noun. Forces; army.

noun. The profession of arms; the art of war.

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

noun. a war between different sections or parties of the same country or nation.

noun. See under Holy.

noun. See in the Vocabulary.

noun. a war between independent sovereign states.

noun. a cry or signal used in war.

noun. a dance among savages preliminary to going to war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike excursion.

noun. a field of war or battle.

noun. a horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse for military service; a charger.

noun. paint put on the face and other parts of the body by savages, as a token of going to war.

noun. a song of or pertaining to war; especially, among the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of incitements to military ardor.

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