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noun
- 1. engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict: "guerrilla warfare"
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WARFARE definition: 1. the activity of fighting a war, often including the weapons and methods that are used: 2. the…. Learn more.
The meaning of WARFARE is military operations between enemies : hostilities, war; also : an activity undertaken by a political unit (such as a nation) to weaken or destroy another. How to use warfare in a sentence.
noun. the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war. armed conflict between two massed enemies, armies, or the like. conflict, especially when vicious and unrelenting, between competitors, political rivals, etc. warfare. / ˈwɔːˌfɛə /.
When two countries fight violently with each other, the conflict is called warfare. Whenever a group engages in war or violence, it can be described with the noun warfare, which is another way of saying "the act of war."
1. uncountable noun. Warfare is the activity of fighting a war. ...the threat of chemical warfare. 2. uncountable noun. Warfare is sometimes used to refer to any violent struggle or conflict. Much of the violence is related to gang warfare. At times party rivalries have broken out into open warfare. More Synonyms of warfare.
noun [ U ] us / ˈwɔrˌfeər / Add to word list. the activity of fighting a war or strongly competing, esp. with reference to the type of weapons used or to the way the fighting is done: psychological / nuclear warfare. economic warfare. (Definition of warfare from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun. /ˈwɔːfeə (r)/ /ˈwɔːrfer/ [uncountable] the activity of fighting a war, especially using particular weapons or methods. air/naval/guerrilla warfare. countries engaged in warfare. Collocations War and peace. see also biological warfare, chemical warfare, germ warfare. Extra Examples. Topics War and conflict c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
