# warfare

Pronunciation: US say "WAWR-fair" /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/; UK say "WAW-fair" /ˈwɔːfɛə/

## Noun

1. The waging of war or armed conflict carried out against an enemy.
   - Simple: The act of fighting a war against an enemy using soldiers and weapons.
   - _Trench warfare defined much of the fighting in the First World War._
   - _The peace treaty finally brought years of brutal warfare to an end._
2. Military operations of a particular kind, such as guerrilla, naval, or chemical warfare.
   - Simple: A particular kind of fighting or military action, such as guerrilla or naval warfare.
   - _Guerrilla warfare allowed the rebels to harass a far stronger occupying force._
   - _Chemical warfare was banned by international treaty after the First World War._

## Verb

3. To lead the life of a soldier and wage wars continually.
   - Simple: To live as a soldier and keep fighting wars again and again.
   - _The clans would warfare ceaselessly, raiding one another through every season._
   - _Those who warfare for a lifetime grow weary of the camp and the march._

## Origin

Formed from "war" + "fare", perhaps as a shortening of Middle English "werre-faringe" or "werfarynge" ("waging war"), literally meaning "going to war".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/warfare (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).