warfare
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warfare
- /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/ US
- /ˈwɔːfɛə/ UK
Where it comes from
From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”).
noun warfares
- 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.
- struggle, competition Vows, promises, protestations, disclaimers of purposes pursued; and all the gentle and ungentle pressures of the lover's warfare.
verb warfares · warfaring · warfared
- To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: war, wartime, warfighting, guerrilla, battlefield, fighting, warlike, bellicose, military, fighter, combat, conflict, fight, operation, battle, operational
Translations
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noun the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy
| Español | conflicto armado, guerras, estrategia militar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 戰爭 /战争 zhànzhēng |
| Português | batalha, combate |
| Français | guerre |
| Deutsch | Kriegsführung |
| Italiano | battaglia, combattimento |
| Ελληνικά | πόλεμος pólemos, σύρραξη sýrraxi, εχθροπραξίες echthropraxíes, πάλη páli |
| Română | război, luptă |
| Русский | веде́ние войны́ vedénije vojný |
| Tiếng Việt | chiến tranh |
noun military operations of some particular kind
| Español | guerra |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 鬥爭 /斗争 dòuzhēng |
| Français | guerre, combat |
| Deutsch | Kriegsführung |
| Русский | вое́нная опера́ция vojénnaja operácija, вое́нные де́йствия vojénnyje déjstvija, боевы́е де́йствия bojevýje déjstvija |
| עברית | לׇחְמָה lokhmá, לׇחֲמָה lokhamá |
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title = {warfare},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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