a situation in which two or more countries or groups of people fight against each other over a period of time Prisoner of war · Cold War · Civil War · Culture war

1[uncountable, countable] a situation in which two or more countries or groups of people fight against each other over a period of time World War II the ...

Armed conflict between two or more parties, usually fought for political ends. Its everyday meaning is clear, and the main focus of the idea is on the use of ...

the activity of fighting a war, especially using particular weapons or methods. air/naval/guerrilla warfare; countries engaged in warfare.

Most scholars accept a consensus definition of war as widespread, lethal violence conducted in the name of a state, nation, or other organization capable of ...

the activity of competing in an aggressive way with another group, company, etc. class/gang warfare The debate soon degenerated into open warfare. see ...

armed fighting between two or more countries or groups, or a particular example of this: nuclear war, a war film/grave/hero/poet, go to war.

a situation in which people, groups or countries disagree strongly or are involved in a serious argument. The violence was the result of political conflicts ...

'3 War is a permanent adversity, and the aim of this paper is to try to understand why it has been that and why it is likely to remain so. Much has been written ...