symbol ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Waray-Waray.
noun Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces.(Can we clean up this sense?)
War is merely the continuation of policy by other means; War is hell
noun A particular conflict of this kind.
a war of succession... a war of attrition... the Cold War... World War III...
noun Protracted armed conflict against irregular forces, sometimes those considered terrorists.
the Great Emu War... the Global War on Terrorism...
noun Protracted state or state-sponsored political violence against dissidents.
the Dirty War...
noun Any protracted conflict, particularly A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc.
the War on Poverty... the War on Drugs... the War on Christmas...
noun A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc.
the War on Poverty... the War on Drugs... the War on Christmas...
noun A protracted instance of fierce competition in trade.