warfare
Americannoun
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the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
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armed conflict between two massed enemies, armies, or the like.
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conflict, especially when vicious and unrelenting, between competitors, political rivals, etc.
noun
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the act, process, or an instance of waging war
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conflict, struggle, or strife
Other Word Forms
- semiwarfare noun
Etymology
Origin of warfare
1425–75; late Middle English werefare, i.e., a faring forth to war; war 1, fare
Example Sentences
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But none have conducted as sophisticated an operation as the Colombians, sought after for their expertise in drone and artillery warfare.
From Barron's
Other navies and defense companies, including the U.S., are rushing to develop such technologies in a bet that they can revolutionize underwater warfare in the way that aerial drones have in the skies.
Not far away in Minsk, the man who has ruled Belarus for three decades, Alexander Lukashenko, dismisses all the talk of hybrid warfare as "nonsense".
From BBC
She will highlight so-called hybrid warfare, which includes incidents such as cyber attacks and drones suspected of being launched near critical infrastructure by Russian proxies.
From BBC
Analysts say it would make sense to station electronic warfare systems as close to the battlefield as possible.
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