warfare

Formswarfares, warfaring, warfared

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The act of fighting a war against an enemy using soldiers and weapons.

   Like a fight between two people, but between whole countries with armies.

   Modern warfare relies on drones, tanks, and computers as much as soldiers.

   The two nations were locked in warfare for almost ten years.

   Similarfighting, combat, hostilities, conflict

   Oppositepeace

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   A particular kind of fighting or military action, such as guerrilla or naval warfare.

   Like different sports: each kind of fighting has its own field, tools, and rules.

   Guerrilla warfare let small groups fight off a much larger army.

   Naval warfare depends on ships, submarines, and control of the sea.

   Similarfighting, combat

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3. 3
   verbintransitive

   To live as a soldier and keep fighting wars again and again.

   Like someone who spends a whole life as a fighter, always at war.

   Knights would warfare for their king across many distant lands.

   Soldiers who warfare far from home often miss their families for years.

   Similarfight, battle, soldier

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