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

To make war; contend.

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:

• 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.