war
noun
1. the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
- thousands of people were killed in the war
Similar word(s): warfare
Definition categories: act, action
2. a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
- war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring
Definition categories: state, antagonism, enmity, hostility
3. an active struggle between competing entities
- a price war
- a war of wits
- diplomatic warfare
Similar word(s): warfare
Definition categories: act, battle, conflict, struggle
4. a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
- the war on poverty
- the war against crime
Definition categories: act, campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement
Sentences with war as a noun:
- The war was largely between Sunni and Shia militants.
- You look like you've been through the wars.
- The "war on drugs" is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs.
- The "war on terror" is a campaign against terrorist crime.
- In the US, conservatives rail against the "war on Christmas".
- I reaped the benefit of the car dealerships' price war, getting my car for far less than it's worth.
- The cellular phone companies were engaged in a freebie war, each offering various services thrown in when one purchased a plan.
verb
1. make or wage war
Definition categories: competition, contend, fight, struggle
Sentences with war as a verb:
- To war the Scot, and borders to defend. — Daniel.
- That thou […] mightest war a good warfare. — Tim. i. 18.