War
Definition of war:
part of speech: participle
Warring.
part of speech: verb
To make war: to contend: to fight:- pr. p. warring; pa. t. and pa. p. warred.
part of speech: verb
To engage in an armed conflict; fight.
part of speech: participle
Warred.
part of speech: noun
The state of armed attack of defense aginst another; a contest by force between states or nations; an armed conflict; oppsition or contest; contention; as, a war of words; hostility or enmity.
part of speech: verb
part of speech: noun
Armed contention between States or large numbers of people; open hostility.
part of speech: noun
A state of opposition or contest: a contest between states carried on by arms: open hostility: the profession of arms.
Usage examples for war:
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And there was no war
"Equality", Edward Bellamy. -
Peace is better than war
"In the Shadow of Death", P. H. Kritzinger and R. D. McDonald. -
Everything's quiet on Gram now, even the war on Southmain Continent's stopped.
"Space Viking", Henry Beam Piper. -
" It comes on women- war she thought.
"Comrades", Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.