War Zone. COM

 

Word: 1war
Pronunciation:
'wor
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
derivation: Middle English werre, from Old North French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German werra  strife; akin to Old High German werran  to confuse
1 a (1) : a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations (2) : a period of such armed conflict (3) : STATE OF WAR b : the art or science of warfare c (1) obsolete : weapons and equipment for war (2) archaic : soldiers armed and equipped for war
2 a : a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism b : a struggle or competition between opposing forces or for a particular end <a class war> <a war against disease> c : VARIANCE, ODDS 3

 

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