War Definition–noun | 1. | a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air. |
| 2. | a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations: The two nations were at war with each other. |
| 3. | a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns: the War of 1812. |
| 4. | active hostility or contention; conflict; contest: a war of words. |
| 5. | aggressive business conflict, as through severe price cutting in the same industry or any other means of undermining competitors: a fare war among airlines; a trade war between nations. |
| 6. | a struggle: a war for men's minds; a war against poverty. |
| 7. | armed fighting, as a science, profession, activity, or art; methods or principles of waging armed conflict: War is the soldier's business. |
| 8. | Cards. | a. | a game for two or more persons, played with a 52-card pack evenly divided between the players, in which each player turns up one card at a time with the higher card taking the lower, and in which, when both turned up ca
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rds match, each player lays one card face down and turns up another, the player with the higher card of the second turn taking all the cards laid down. |
| b. | an occasion in this game when both turned up cards match. |
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–verb (used without object) | 10. | to make or carry on war; fight: to war with a neighboring nation. |
| 11. | to carry on active hostility or contention: Throughout her life she warred with sin and corruption. |
| 12. | to be in conflict or in a state of strong opposition: The temptation warred with his conscience. |
–adjective | 13. | of, belonging to, used in, or due to war: war preparations; war hysteria. |
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