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war

41 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) war (noun)
  2. 2) war (intransitive verb)
  3. 3) war (adverb or adjective)
  4. 4) war (transitive verb)
  5. war baby (noun)
  6. war bride (noun)
  7. war chest (noun)
  8. war club (noun)
  9. war crime (noun)
  10. war cry (noun)
  11. war dance (noun)
  12. war footing (noun)
  13. war game (noun)
  14. war-game (verb)
  15. war hawk (noun)
  16. war of nerves
  17. war paint (noun)
  18. war party (noun)
  19. war power (noun)
  20. war room (noun)
  21. war story (noun)
  22. war whoop (noun)
  23. war zone (noun)
  24. civil war (noun)
  25. cold war (noun)
  26. Gulf War syndrome (noun)
  27. holy war (noun)
  28. hot war (noun)
  29. law of war
  30. limited war (noun)

1war

noun, often attributive \ˈwȯr\

Definition of WAR

1
a (1) : a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations (2) : a period of such armed conflict (3) : state of war b : the art or science of warfare c (1) obsolete : weapons and equipment for war (2) archaic : soldiers armed and equipped for war
2
a : a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism b : a struggle or competition between opposing forces or for a particular end <a class war> <a war against disease> c : variance, odds 3
— war·less\-ləs\ adjective

Examples of WAR

  1. They fought a war over the disputed territory.
  2. A war broke out when the colonists demanded their independence.
  3. We need to resolve our conflicts without resorting to war.
  4. People behave differently during a time of war.
  5. The taking of American hostages was seen as an act of war by the United States.
  6. the budget wars in Washington

Origin of WAR

Middle English werre, from Anglo-French werre, guerre, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German werra strife; akin to Old High German werran to confuse
First Known Use: 12th century

Related to WAR

Rhymes with WAR

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, whore, yore, your

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