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war⋅fare

  [wawr-fair]
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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 war 1 , fare
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war·fare   (wôr'fâr')   
n.  

    1. The waging of war against an enemy; armed conflict.

    2. Military operations marked by a specific characteristic: guerrilla warfare; chemical warfare.

  2. A state of disharmony or conflict; strife: constant spousal warfare in the household.

  3. 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).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

warfare 
1456, from war + fare (see fare (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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