war
/wɔɹ/noun, verb1 syllable
War means: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
Synonyms for war6
noun, as in the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
noun, as in a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
noun, as in an active struggle between competing entities
Opposites of war
What does war mean?5
noun
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy“thousands of people were killed in the war”
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”
an active struggle between competing entities“a price war”
a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious“the war on poverty”
verb
make or wage war
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with war?48
three syllables
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War in a sentence
- After a brief peace, war broke out again.Swift
- As a result of the war, many people died.CM
- As a result of the war, a great number of victims remained.unknown
- If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.CK
- As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.shekitten
- Needless to say, fear of war has to be handed down.unknown
- International problems must be solved by diplomacy, not war.unknown
- After decades of civil war, order was restored.CM
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Forms of war
as a noun
- plural
- wars
as a verb
- past tense
- warred
- present participle
- warring
- third-person singular
- wars
- past participle
- warred