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–noun

1.	the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.

2.	armed conflict between two massed enemies, armies, or the like.

3.	conflict, esp. when vicious and unrelenting, between competitors, political rivals, etc.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME werefare, i.e., a faring forth to war; see war¹, fare

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n.

1. The waging of war against an enemy; armed conflict.
2. Military operations marked by a specific characteristic: guerrilla warfare; chemical warfare.
A state of disharmony or conflict; strife: constant spousal warfare in the household.
Acts undertaken to destroy or undermine the strength of another: political warfare.

[Middle English : warre, war; see war + fare, journey (from Old English faru, from faran, to journey; see fare).]

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warfare

1456, from war + fare (see fare (n.)).

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warfare
noun
1.	the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" [syn: war]
2.	an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" [syn: war]

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ˈwarfare noun

fighting, as in a war
Example: He refused to fight, because he has religious objections to warfare.

Arabic:	حَرْب، قِتال، صِراع
Chinese (Simplified):	战争
Chinese (Traditional):	戰爭
Czech:	válčení
Danish:	krigsførelse
Dutch:	oorlogvoering
Estonian:	sõdimine
Finnish:	sodankäynti
French:	guerre
German:	die Kriegsführung
Greek:	πόλεμος, εχθροπραξίες
Hungarian:	hadviselés
Icelandic:	hernaður
Indonesian:	pertempuran
Italian:	guerra

Japanese:	戦争行為
Korean:	교전, 전투
Latvian:	karš; karošana
Lithuanian:	karas, kariavimas
Norwegian:	krig(føring)
Polish:	wojna
Portuguese (Brazil):	guerra
Portuguese (Portugal):	guerra
Romanian:	război
Russian:	боевые действия
Slovak:	vojna, vojnový stav
Slovenian:	vojna
Spanish:	guerra
Swedish:	krig, krigföring
Turkish:	savaş

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Warfare

War"fare`\, n. [War + OE. fare a journey, a passage, course, AS. faru. See Fare, n.]

1. Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.

The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. --I Sam. xxviii. 1.

This day from battle rest; Faithful hath been your warfare. --Milton.

2. Contest; struggle.

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor. x. 4.

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Warfare

War"fare`\, v. i. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. --Camden.

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