warfare
English
Etymology
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From 1425–75 late Middle English werefare.
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Noun
warfare (usually uncountable, plural warfares)
- The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
- Bible, 1 Sam. xxviii. 1
- The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
- Bible, 1 Sam. xxviii. 1
- Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.
Derived terms
Terms derived from warfare
- conventional warfare
- cyberwarfare
- e-warfare
- electronic warfare
- germ warfare
- guerrilla warfare
- information warfare
- open warfare
- psychological warfare
- siege warfare
- spiritual warfare
- trench warfare
- warfarer
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Translations
the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy
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military operations of some particular kind
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Verb
warfare (third-person singular simple present warfares, present participle warfaring, simple past and past participle warfared)
- To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
References
- warfare in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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