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Meaning of war

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  war
      n 1: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands
           of people were killed in the war" [syn: {war}, {warfare}]
      2: 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" [syn: {war}, {state
         of war}] [ant: {peace}]
      3: an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war";
         "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" [syn: {war}, {warfare}]
      4: a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the
         war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
      v 1: make or wage war [ant: {make peace}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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