Warfare
['wɔːfeə] or ['wɔrfɛr]
Definition
(n.) Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
(n.) Contest; struggle.
(v. i.) To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
Typist: Nelly
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Hostilities, war, state of war.[2]. Contest, struggle, strife.
Editor: Spence
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:War, hostilities, antagonism, campaign, engagement, belligerence
ANT:Peace, truce, pacification, accommodation, reconciliation, armistice,neutrality, friendliness
Checker: Michelle
Examples
- Since then the revolver has become a great weapon in both private and public warfare. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is not until the last thousand years B.C. that we begin to find mounted soldiers, as distinct from charioteers, playing a part in warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- However, private individuals and companies continued to invent and improve, and the civil war in America revolutionised the systems of warfare and its weapons. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In brief, the commission failed to see that the working conscience of America is to-day bound up with the very evil it is supposed to eradicate by a relentless warfare. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is this same shock-absorbing device which is used to catch the recoil on the immense siege guns used in modern warfare. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nor will the philosophy of class warfare serve this new need. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Such warfare as had gone on between Christianity and Islam had been rather border-bickering than sustained war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Only a few middle-aged and ageing people in France had had any practical experience of warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Under a series of wise men and heroes they wage a generally unsuccessful and never very united warfare against their enemies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This the Romans besieged, and a period of trench warfare ensued. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here let them land and teach the Holy Therns such a lesson in ferocious warfare as they will not forget for countless ages. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Tests are about to be made under special appropriation of Congress, and if its claim can be substantiated, it may become the most destructive engine of warfare known. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He made bribery a state method almost more important than warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Upon such occasions poor Mr. Woodhouse's feelings were in sad warfare. Jane Austen. Emma.
- At the same time they tried to suppress this new method of warfare, and to that end made him another offer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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