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"thousands of people were killed in the war"nounthe waging of armed conflict against an enemy
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"war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"nouna legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
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"a price war" "a war of wits" "diplomatic warfare"nounan active struggle between competing entities
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"the war on poverty" "the war against crime"nouna concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
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verbmake or wage warOpposite:
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cause fight drive action battle movement effort struggle campaign warrior conflict warfare crusade hostility enmity contend blitzkrieg antagonism military action biological warfare war of nerves civil war chemical warfare world war bw chemical operations psychological warfare hot war bioattack information warfare biologic attack iw biological attack limited war state of war proxy war drug war trench warfare take arms take up arms go to war