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war
noun
    1. An open state of armed conflict, especially between nations. Compare cold war.
      Thesaurus: battle, combat, hostilities, fighting, action.
    2. A particular armed conflict.
    3. A conflict between states, or between parties within a state. See also civil war.
    4. Fighting as a science.
    5. Open hostility between people.
    6. Any long-continued struggle or campaign.
    7. Fierce rivalry or competition in business.
verb, intr warred, warring
    1. To fight wars.
      Thesaurus: fight, battle, wage war, make war.
    2. To conflict one with another.
Idiom: at war
    Participating in armed conflict.
Idiom: go to war
    To begin an armed conflict.
Idiom: have been in the wars
    colloq
    To have, or show signs of having, sustained injuries.
Etymology: 12c: from German werra quarrel.





warred past tense, past participle of war


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