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War

noun

The waging of armed conflict against an enemy. Synonym: warfare.

A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply. Synonym: state of war.

An active struggle between competing entities. Synonym: warfare. "A war of wits" , "Diplomatic warfare"

A concerted campaign to end something that is injurious. "The war against crime"

verb

(past & past part. warred; pres. part. warring)

Make or wage war.

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"War" Quotes from Famous Books

... the terror of many well-meaning people, and of some evildoers, for many years. I have seen tramps and pack-peddlers enter the gate, and start on toward the door, when there would sound that ringing warning like a war-blast. "Honk, honk!" and in a few minutes these unwelcome people would be gone. Farm-house boarders from the city would sometimes enter the yard, thinking to draw water by the old well-sweep: in a few minutes it was customary ...

— Our Holidays - Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas • Various

... Apia and Sava'ii—the largest island of the Samoan group; and now after some months of toil we were taking a week's holiday together, and enjoying ourselves greatly, although at the time (1873) the country was in the throes of an internecine war. ...

— By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories • Louis Becke

... viii, Johnson has the following fling at tragedians. He had mentioned the terror struck into our soldiers by the Indian war-cry, and he continues:—'I am of opinion that by a proper mixture of asses, bulls, turkeys, geese, and tragedians a noise might be procured equally horrid with the war-cry.' ...

— Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 • Boswell

... say what it is," says Piddie, "but there has been a change. Recently. Twice this week he has overstayed his luncheon hour. Yesterday he asked for his Liberty bond and war saving stamps from the safe. I believe he is planning ...

— Torchy and Vee • Sewell Ford

... most beloved Friend! a glorious time, A happy time that was; triumphant looks 755 Were then the common language of all eyes; As if awaked from sleep, the Nations hailed Their great expectancy: the fife of war Was then a spirit-stirring sound indeed, A black-bird's whistle in a budding grove. 760 We left the Swiss exulting in the fate Of their near neighbours; and, when shortening fast Our pilgrimage, nor distant far from home, We crossed the Brabant armies on the ...

— The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III • William Wordsworth

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