noun

warfare

WAW-feh-uh

noun

The act of fighting a war, or armed conflict between opposing forces.

"Modern warfare relies heavily on technology and intelligence."

"Years of warfare had left the region in ruins."

A particular style or method of waging conflict.

"The rebels specialised in guerrilla warfare in the dense jungle."

How to Use Warfare

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishFighting a war, or a particular kind of fighting, such as chemical warfare or trench warfare.

Common pairings

guerrilla warfare chemical warfare psychological warfare act of warfare

warfared past tense, warfares plural, warfares singular

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Modern _____ relies heavily on technology and intelligence.

From war plus fare (in the old sense of "going, journeying") — literally "the business of waging war."

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