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- 1 Preceded by the: designating a particularly notable war.; World War I. obsolete
"Through much of the War, Hitler carried his painter's kit, did water colors of War-ruined buildings."
- 2 Initialism of White Aryan Resistance. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Preceded by the: designating a particularly notable war.; World War II. British, informal
- 4 Initialism of Web Application aRchive (a Java archive file). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 The personification of war, often depicted in armour and riding a red horse; the red rider.
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- 6 Initialism of Winchester Automatic Rifle. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
- 7 A city in West Virginia, United States.
- 8 Initialism of Women Against Registry. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 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. uncountable
"holy war; just war; civil war"
- 2 Initialism of write after read, a kind of data hazard. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 3 a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious wordnet
- 4 A particular conflict of this kind. countable
"All human tribes glad token see In the close of the wars of Grant and Lee."
- 5 Acronym of wins above replacement. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
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- 6 the waging of armed conflict against an enemy wordnet
- 7 Protracted armed conflict against irregular forces, particularly groups considered terrorists. countable, proscribed, sometimes
"Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated."
- 8 an active struggle between competing entities wordnet
- 9 Any protracted conflict, particularly broadly, countable
"the War on Poverty... the War on Drugs... the War on Christmas..."
- 10 a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply wordnet
- 11 Any protracted conflict, particularly; A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc. US, broadly, countable, uncountable
"The war against war is going to be no holiday excursion or camping party... Ask all our millions, north and south, whether they would vote now (were such a thing possible) to have our war for the Union expunged from history... and probably hardly a handful of eccentrics would say yes. Those ancestors, those efforts, those memories and legends, ar the most ideal part of what we now own together, a sacred spiritual possession worth more than all the blood poured out. Yet ask those same people whether they would be willing, in cold blood, to start another civil war now to gain another similar possession, and not one man or woman would vote for the proposition."
- 12 Any protracted conflict, particularly; A protracted instance of fierce competition in trade. broadly, countable, uncountable
"price wars... Cola Wars... format wars..."
- 13 Any protracted conflict, particularly; A prolonged conflict between two groups of organized criminals, usually over organizational or territorial control. broadly, countable, uncountable
"turf war... gang war... Castellammarese War..."
- 14 Any protracted conflict, particularly; An argument between two or more people with opposing opinions on a topic or issue. Internet, broadly, countable, uncountable
"flame war... edit war..."
- 15 An assembly of weapons; instruments of war. obsolete, uncountable
"The God of Love himſelf inhabits there, With all his rage, and dread, and grief, and care, His complement of ſtores, and total war..."
- 16 Armed forces. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"On thir imbattelld ranks the Waves return, And overwhelm thir Warr"
- 17 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. uncountable
"We played crazy eights, war, fifty-two card pickup. Rudy flipped the whole deck across the table at me and the cards sailed to the floor, kings, queens, deuces."
- 1 To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe). intransitive
"...to war the Scot, and borders to defend..."
- 2 make or wage war wordnet
- 3 To carry on, as a contest; to wage. transitive
"[…], that thou by them mighteſt warre a good warfare,[…]."
Etymology
From Middle English werre, from Late Old English werre /wyrre (“armed conflict”), from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French guerre /werre (compare modern French guerre), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Gradually displaced native Old English beadu, hild, ġewinn, orleġe, wīġ, and many others as the general term for "war" during the Middle English period. Related to Old High German werra (“confusion, strife, quarrel”) and German verwirren (“to confuse”), but not to Wehr (“defense”). Also related to Old Saxon werran (“to confuse, perplex”), Dutch war (“confusion, disarray”), West Frisian war (“confusion”), Old English wyrsa, wiersa (“worse”), Old Norse verri (“worse, orig. confounded, mixed up”), Italian guerra (“war”). There may be a connection with worse and wurst.
From Middle English werre, from Late Old English werre /wyrre (“armed conflict”), from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French guerre /werre (compare modern French guerre), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Gradually displaced native Old English beadu, hild, ġewinn, orleġe, wīġ, and many others as the general term for "war" during the Middle English period. Related to Old High German werra (“confusion, strife, quarrel”) and German verwirren (“to confuse”), but not to Wehr (“defense”). Also related to Old Saxon werran (“to confuse, perplex”), Dutch war (“confusion, disarray”), West Frisian war (“confusion”), Old English wyrsa, wiersa (“worse”), Old Norse verri (“worse, orig. confounded, mixed up”), Italian guerra (“war”). There may be a connection with worse and wurst.
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