war /wɔr/
1. the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
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"
synset: war, state_of_war
3. an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
4. a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
synset: war
synset: war
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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