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war

/ war /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
"the war on poverty"
"the war against crime"
Type of:
campaign cause crusade
noun Sense 2
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
"thousands of people were killed in the war"
Type of:
military action action
Kinds of:
limited war psychological warfare war of nerves civil war chemical warfare
Domain:
military armed forces armed services
noun Sense 3
an active struggle between competing entities
"a price war"
"a war of wits"
"diplomatic warfare"
Type of:
conflict struggle battle
Kinds of:
drug war
noun Sense 4
a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
"war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"
Opposites:
peace
Type of:
hostility enmity antagonism
Kinds of:
proxy war
Domain:
war warfare
verb Sense 5
make or wage war
Opposites:
make peace
Type of:
fight struggle
Kinds of:
blitzkrieg go to war take arms take up arms
Derived:
state of war warfare warrior
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
90%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
29
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

campaign cause crusade military action action limited war psychological warfare war of nerves civil war chemical warfare conflict struggle