wars

war

noun

{bc}a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations

{bc}a period of such armed conflict

{bc}{sx|state of war||}

war

verb

{bc}to be in active or vigorous conflict

war

verb

{bc}{sx|worst||}, {sx|overcome||}

civil war

noun

{bc}a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country

cold war

noun

{bc}a conflict over ideological differences carried on by methods short of sustained overt military action and usually without breaking off diplomatic relations

holy war

noun

{bc}a war or violent campaign waged often by religious extremists for what is considered to be a holy purpose

hot war

noun

{bc}a conflict involving actual fighting {dx}compare {dxt|cold war||}{/dx}

limited war

noun

{bc}a war whose objective is less than the total defeat of the enemy

Portuguese man-of-war

noun

{bc}any of a genus ({it}Physalia{/it} of the family Physaliidae) of large, tropical and subtropical, pelagic, {d_link|siphonophore|siphonophore} {d_link|hydrozoans|hydrozoan} having a crested bladderlike float which bears the colony comprised of three types of zooids on the lower surface with one of the three having nematocyst-equipped tentacles

price war

noun

{bc}commercial competition characterized by the repeated cutting of prices below those of competitors