The art of modern warfare does not necessarily require soldiers to be armed to the teeth to be effective as combatants.
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Warfare
//ˈwɔɹfɛɹ//
Synonyms for "warfare" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
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Related words (25)
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11 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 27 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- вядзенне вайны noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Bulgarian
2 entries- военна операция noun (military operations of some particular kind)
- воюване noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 戰爭 /战争 noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- 鬥爭 /斗争 noun (military operations of some particular kind)
Danish
3 entries- krig noun (military operations of some particular kind)
- krigsførelse noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- krigsførelse (examples: luftkrig/søkrig) noun (military operations of some particular kind)
Dutch
4 entries- krijgsvoering noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- krijgsvoering noun (military operations of some particular kind)
- oorlogvoering noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- oorlogvoering noun (military operations of some particular kind)
Esperanto
1 entries- militado noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Finnish
4 entries- sodankäynti noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- sodankäynti noun (military operations of some particular kind)
- sota noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- sota noun (military operations of some particular kind)
French
3 entries- combat noun (military operations of some particular kind)
- guerre noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- guerre noun (military operations of some particular kind)
Georgian
2 entries- ომიანობა noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- ომის წარმოება noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
German
2 entries- Kriegsführung noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- Kriegsführung noun (military operations of some particular kind)
Greek
4 entries- εχθροπραξίες noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- πάλη noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- πόλεμος noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- σύρραξη noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Hebrew
2 entries- לׇחְמָה noun (military operations of some particular kind)
- לׇחֲמָה noun (military operations of some particular kind)
Hungarian
1 entries- hadviselés noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Italian
2 entries- battaglia noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- combattimento noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Khmer
1 entries- សង្គ្រាម noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Macedonian
2 entries- во́ени де́јствија noun (military operations of some particular kind)
- воју́вање noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Māori
3 entries- matawhāura noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- matawhāura noun (military operations of some particular kind)
- rīriri noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- krigføring noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- krigføring noun (military operations of some particular kind)
Old English
2 entries- campdōm noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- gūþcræft noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Polish
2 entries- prowadzenie wojny noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- wojna noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Portuguese
2 entries- batalha noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- combate noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Romanian
2 entries- luptă noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- război noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Russian
2 entries- веде́ние войны́ noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- приёмы ведения войны noun (military operations of some particular kind)
Spanish
4 entries- conflicto armado noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- estrategia militar noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
- guerra noun (military operations of some particular kind)
- guerras noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Thai
1 entries- การสู้รบ noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- воюва́ння noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chiến tranh noun (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
Sample sentences
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Sport is frankly mimic warfare.
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Such employments as warfare, politics, public worship, and public merrymaking, are felt, in the popular apprehension, to differ intrinsically from the labour that has to do with elaborating the material means of life.
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Trench warfare characterized the 1914-1918 War.
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