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W0030700 (wôr′fâr′)n.1. a. The waging of war against an enemy; armed conflict.b. Military operations marked by a specific characteristic: guerrilla warfare; chemical warfare.2. A state of disharmony or conflict; strife: constant spousal warfare in the household.3. Acts undertaken to destroy or undermine the strength of another: political warfare.

[Middle English : warre, war; see war + fare, journey (from Old English faru, from faran, to journey; see fare).]

warfare

(ˈwɔːˌfɛə) n1. (Military) the act, process, or an instance of waging war2. conflict, struggle, or strife

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(ˈwɔrˌfɛər)

n. 1. the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war. 2. armed conflict between two massed enemies, armies, or the like. 3. conflict, esp. when vicious and unrelenting, between competitors, political rivals, etc. [1425–75; late Middle English werefare literally, a faring forth to war; see war¹, fare]

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Noun	1.	warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"warde-escalation - (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"limited war - a war whose objective is less than the unconditional defeat of the enemypsychological warfare, war of nerves - the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' moralebattle, engagement, fight, conflict - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"civil war - a war between factions in the same countryarmed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forceschemical operations, chemical warfare - warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemybioattack, biologic attack, biological attack, biological warfare, BW - the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or foodinformation warfare, IW - the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries; "not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare"international jihad, jehad, jihad - a holy war waged by Muslims against infidelsworld war - a war in which the major nations of the world are involvedaggression - the act of initiating hostilitiesarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"side - one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)state of war, war - a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"hot war - actual fighting between the warring parties
	2.	warfare - an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"warconflict, struggle, battle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"drug war - conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugstrench warfare - a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win; "the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare"

warfare

noun war, fighting, campaigning, battle, struggle, conflict, combat, hostilities, strife, bloodshed, jihad, armed struggle, discord, enmity, armed conflict, clash of arms, passage of arms There are fears that the dispute could develop into open warfare.
accord, peace, treaty, ceasefire, harmony, truce, conciliation, armistice, amity, cessation of hostilities

warfare

noun1. A vying with others for victory or supremacy:battle, competition, contest, corrivalry, race, rivalry, strife, striving, struggle, tug of war, war.2. A state of open, prolonged fighting:belligerency, conflict, confrontation, hostility (used in plural), strife, struggle, war.3. A state of disagreement and disharmony:clash, conflict, confrontation, contention, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissonance, faction, friction, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war.

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战争

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(woː) noun (an) armed struggle, especially between nations. Their leader has declared war on Britain; The larger army will win the war; the horrors of war; (also adjective) He is guilty of war crimes.战争 verb – past tense, past participle warred – to fight. The two countries have been warring constantly for generations.进行战争ˈwarlike adjective (negative unwarlike) fond of, or likely to begin, war. a warlike nation.好战的ˈwarrior (ˈwo-) noun a soldier or skilled fighting man, especially in primitive societies. The chief of the tribe called his warriors together; (also adjective) a warrior prince. 武士，战士 war correspondent a newspaper reporter who writes articles on a war especially from the scene of fighting. 战地记者ˈwar-cry – plural ˈwar-cries – noun a shout used in battle as an encouragement to the soldiers. `For king and country' was the war-cry of the troops as they faced the enemy.作战呐喊声ˈwar-dance noun a dance performed by the people of some primitive societies before going to war. 战前舞ˈwarfare noun fighting, as in a war. He refused to fight, because he has religious objections to warfare.战争ˈwarhead noun the explosive section of a missile, torpedo etc. nuclear warheads.弹头ˈwarhorse noun a horse used in battle. 战马ˈwarlord noun a very powerful military leader. 军阀ˈwarmonger noun a person who encourages war(s), often for personal reasons. 战争贩子ˈwarpaint noun paint applied to the face etc by the people of some primitive societies before going into battle. 战前涂身颜料ˈwarship noun a ship used in war or defence. 军舰ˈwartime noun the time during which a country, a people etc is at war. There is a great deal of hardship and misery in wartime; (also adjective) a wartime economy.战时war of nerves a war, contest etc in which each side tries to win by making the other nervous, eg by bluff, rather than by actually fighting. That game of chess was a war of nerves.神经战

warfare

warfare,

violent conflict between armed enemies. In modern times warfare has usually been conducted by the armed forces (e.g., army, navy, and air force) of a nation or other politically organized group. The way in which warwar,
armed conflict between states or nations (international war) or between factions within a state (civil war), prosecuted by force and having the purpose of compelling the defeated side to do the will of the victor.
..... Click the link for more information. is carried out is governed by the principles of strategy and tacticsstrategy and tactics,
in warfare, related terms referring, respectively, to large-scale and small-scale planning to achieve military success. Strategy may be defined as the general scheme of the conduct of a war, tactics as the planning of means to achieve strategic objectives.
..... Click the link for more information. , by the type of weapons employed (see articles on individual weapons), and by the type of communication and transportation facilities available. Thus, throughout history the methods of warfare have changed. See air forcesair forces,
those portions of a nation's military organization employing heavier-than-air aircraft for reconnaissance, support of ground troops, aerial combat, and bombing of enemy lines of communication and targets of industrial and military importance.
..... Click the link for more information. ; amphibious warfareamphibious warfare
, employment of a combination of land and sea forces to take or defend a military objective. The general strategy is very ancient and was extensively employed by the Greeks, e.g., in the Athenian attack on Sicily in 415 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. ; chemical warfarechemical warfare,
employment in war of incendiaries, poison gases, and other chemical substances. Ancient armies attacking or defending fortified cities threw burning oil and fireballs. A primitive type of flamethrower was employed as early as the 5th cent. B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. ; biological warfarebiological warfare,
employment in war of microorganisms to injure or destroy people, animals, or crops; also called germ or bacteriological warfare. Limited attempts have been made in the past to spread disease among the enemy; e.g.
..... Click the link for more information. ; fortificationfortification,
system of defense structures for protection from enemy attacks. Fortification developed along two general lines: permanent sites built in peacetime, and emplacements and obstacles hastily constructed in the field in time of war.
..... Click the link for more information. ; mechanized warfaremechanized warfare,
employment of modern mobile attack and defense tactics that depend upon machines, more particularly upon vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel engines.
..... Click the link for more information. ; trench warfaretrench warfare.
Although trenches were used in ancient and medieval warfare, in the American Civil War, and in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), they did not become important until World War I.
..... Click the link for more information. ; guerrilla warfareguerrilla warfare
[Span.,=little war], fighting by groups of irregular troops (guerrillas) within areas occupied by the enemy. When guerrillas obey the laws of conventional warfare they are entitled, if captured, to be treated as ordinary prisoners of war; however, they are
..... Click the link for more information. ; siegesiege,
assault against a city or fortress with the purpose of capturing it. The history of siegecraft parallels the development of fortification and, later, artillery. In early times battering rams and bores were employed to break down the walls and gates of a fortified place
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warfare

violent, usually armed, conflict between STATES or peoples.
comparable but not necessarily violent conflicts between classes, etc., but which stop short of war in sense l . The first of these uses is by far the most important and is dealt with here.

Warfare and preparation for warfare is often regarded as a near universal feature of human societies. This is sometimes explained by presence of innate human aggression as well as by the operation of a TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE in human societies. Against this, however, it is also clear that the incidence of warfare is highly variable, and that in some societies there exists little recourse to warfare and no tradition of MILITARISM. Plainly warfare is a culturally influenced phenomenon rather than simply biologically determined. Nor would there appear to be, in simple or in more developed societies, any straightforward pattern of ecological or territorial pressures which can provide an explanation of variations in the incidence of warfare. In modern societies in particular, warfare requires understanding in politicoeconomic terms.

As the historian TILLY remarks, ‘the state made war, and war made the state’. In particular, as numerous commentators have insisted, the modern European NATION STATE can be seen as having been ‘built for the battlefield’ (ANDERSON, 1974b) – See ABSOLUTISM. Not only this, the entire modern NATION-STATE SYSTEM remains centred on sovereign nation states in which the threat of war is an everpresent possibility. and in which, at least until recently, the very survival of the world was threatened by the antagonism of 'superpowers’ (see also STRATEGIC THEORY, ARMS RACE, COLD WAR). Under these circumstances, and given that the economic and the political side-effects of war have also been extensive (e.g. as a stimulus to reform or REVOLUTION or to political reaction), it is surprising that the study of warfare has not been more central in sociology. Now this is being remedied with a much greater attention being given to the subject by sociologists (e.g. the work of MANN and GIDDENS). A key general issue is how political and military changes and economic and social changes interact. Whereas classical Marxism and many other areas of social science have in the past tended to explain the former in terms of the latter (e.g. see IMPERIALISM), now the tendency is to give much greater credence to the reverse relationship. See also MILITARY-CIVILIAN RATIO, MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, STRATEGIC THEORY, CIVIL WAR.

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noun a vying with others for victory or supremacy

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noun a state of open, prolonged fighting

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noun a state of disagreement and disharmony

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noun an active struggle between competing entities

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