war

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q198}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} {{1|organized}}, large-scale, [[armed]] [[conflict]] between [[country|countries]] or between [[national]], [[ethnic]], or other [[sizeable]] [[group]]s, usually but not always involving active [[engagement]] of [[military]] [[force]]s.{{rfc-sense|en}}
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[particular]] [[conflict]] of [[this]] [[kind]].
3. {{lb|en|countable|sometimes|_|proscribed}} {{1|protracted}} armed conflict against [[irregular]] [[force]]s, sometimes those considered terrorists.
4. {{lb|en|countable|by extension|sometimes|_|proscribed}} {{cap|protracted}} [[state]] or state-[[sponsor]]ed [[political]] [[violence]] against [[dissident]]s.
5. {{lb|en|countable|by extension}} {{cap|any}} [[protracted]] [[conflict]], [[particularly]]
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|uncountable}} An [[assembly]] of [[weapon]]s; [[instrument]]s of war.
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} {{cap|armed forces}}.
8. {{senseid|en|card game}} {{lb|en|uncountable|card games}} [[any|Any]] of a [[family]] of [[card game]]s where [[all]] [[card]]s are [[dealt]] at the [[beginning]] of [[play]] and [[player]]s [[attempt]] to [[capture]] them [[all]], [[typically]] [[involving]] [[no]] [[skill]] and [[only]] [[serving]] to [[kill time]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[engage]] in [[conflict]] (may be followed by "[[with]]" to specify the [[foe]]).
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To carry on, as a contest; to [[wage]].

Proper noun

1. {{n-g|Preceded by '''''[[the#Article|the]]''''': designating a particularly notable [[war#Noun|war]].}}
2. The [[personification#Noun|personification]] of war, often depicted in [[armour#Noun|armour]] and riding a [[red#Adjective|red]] [[horse#Noun|horse]]; the [[red rider#Noun|red rider]].
3. {{place|en|city|s/West Virginia|c/USA}}.

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