Warfare \War"fare`\, v. i.
To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
--Camden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Warfare \War"fare`\, n. [War + OE. fare a journey, a passage,
course, AS. faru. See Fare, n.]
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1. Military service; military life; contest carried on by
enemies; hostilities; war.
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The Philistines gathered their armies together for
warfare, to fight with Israel. --I Sam.
xxviii. 1.
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This day from battle rest;
Faithful hath been your warfare. --Milton.
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2. Contest; struggle.
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The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor.
x. 4.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
warfare
n 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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "warfare":
Kilkenny cats, altercation, argument, bickering, cat-and-dog life,
combat, competition, conflict, contention, contentiousness,
contest, contestation, controversy, cut and thrust, debate,
disputation, dispute, emulation, enmity, fighting, hostility,
litigation, logomachy, paper war, polemic, quarrel, quarreling,
quarrelsomeness, rivalry, scrapping, squabbling, strife, striving,
struggle, tug-of-war, war, war of words, words, wrangling
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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