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      war
      noun
      (uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces.
      (countable) A particular conflict of this kind.
      (chiefly US) A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc.
      (business) A protracted instance of fierce competition in trade.
      (crime) A prolonged conflict between two groups of organized criminals, usually over organizational or territorial control.
      (countable, by extension) Any protracted conflict, particularly
      (Internet) An argument between two or more people with opposing opinions on a topic or issue.
      (uncountable, card games) Any of a family of card games where all cards are dealt at the beginning of play and players attempt to capture them all, typically involving no skill and only serving to kill time.
      Preceded by the: designating a particularly notable war.
      (chiefly British, informal) World War II.
      The personification of war, often depicted in armour and riding a red horse; the red rider.
      A city in West Virginia, United States.
      (sports) Acronym of wins above replacement.
      (computing) Initialism of write after read, a kind of data hazard.
      (computing, Java programming language) Initialism of Web Application aRchive (a Java archive file).
      Initialism of White Aryan Resistance.
      Initialism of Women Against Registry.
      (countable, sometimes proscribed) Protracted armed conflict against irregular forces, particularly groups considered terrorists.
      (obsolete, uncountable) An assembly of weapons; instruments of war.
      (obsolete) Armed forces.
      (obsolete) World War I.
      (military, historical) Initialism of Winchester Automatic Rifle.
      verb
      (intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).
      (transitive) To carry on, as a contest; to wage.
      Synonyms for war
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      Words related to war
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