warfare

/ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/

noun 2verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

open

The two neighbors' dispute over the fence escalated into open warfare last summer.

economic, ideological, psychological

The two nations engaged in economic warfare by imposing strict trade barriers.

VERB + WARFARE

engage in

PREP

~ against

The government launched a campaign of warfare against drug trafficking networks in the region.

~ between

There has been ongoing warfare between the two neighboring countries for many years.

Definitions

noun

The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.

The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.

Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.

verb

To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

noun — an active struggle between competing entities

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

psychological warfare

A mentally manipulative approach to warfare involving use of techniques to demoralize or intimidate someone into surrender.

Li also inspected a psychological warfare unit at Huchingtou, Liehyu, where he saw off a balloon carrying materials showing the free bastion of Taiwan's warm support for the pro-de

Example Bank

The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.

Wiktionary

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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Sport is frankly mimic warfare.

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Trench warfare characterized the 1914-1918 War.

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We want welfare, not warfare.

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They took to the field with all the panoply of modern warfare.

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