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warfare

war·fare

UK/ˈwɔːfɛə/ US/ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/ fairly common

noun

1.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

  • “thousands of people were killed in the war”
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2.

an active struggle between competing entities

  • “a price war”
  • “a war of wits”
  • “diplomatic warfare”
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Origin

From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”).

Phrases

  • asymmetric warfare
  • asymmetrical warfare
  • attrition warfare
  • biological warfare
  • chemical warfare
  • class warfare
  • cognitive warfare
  • conventional warfare

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