a.1.Ware; aware.
Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed.
- F. W. Robertson.
2.(Law) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.
3.Instruments of war.
His complement of stores, and total war.
- Prior.
4.Forces; army.
5.The profession of arms; the art of war.
- 1 Sam. xvii. 33.
Civil war
Holy war
See under Holy.
Man of war
(Naut.) See in the Vocabulary.
Public war
a war between independent sovereign states.
War cry
War dance
War field
a field of war or battle.
- Schoolcraft.
War horse
War paint
War song
- Longfellow.
War whoop
a war cry, especially that uttered by the American Indians.
v. i.1.To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
[imp. & p. p. Warred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Warring.]
2.To contend; to strive violently; to fight.
v. t.1.To make war upon; to fight.
To war the Scot, and borders to defend.
- Daniel.
2.To carry on, as a contest; to wage.
That thou . . . mightest war a good warfare.
- Tim. i. 18.
Noun1.war - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
Synonyms: warfare
Synonyms: state of war
peace - the state prevailing during the absence of war
3.war - an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
Synonyms: warfare
4.war - a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
Verb1.war - make or wage war
make peace - end hostilities; "The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace"


To dream of a war, signifies disorder and chaos in your personal affairs. You also be experiencing some internal conflict or emotional struggle. To dream that your country is defeated in war, signifies that you will suffer a change in business or politics. To dream that your country is victorious in war, signifies harmony in you business and/or domestic sphere.American Revolution, Ares, Athena, Balkan Wars, Bellona, Boer War, Civil War, Crimean War, Crusades, Enyo, Franco-Prussian War, French Revolution, Gallic Wars, Greco-Persian Wars, Indian Wars, Indochina War, Kilkenny cats, Korean War, Mars, Mexican War, Minerva, Napoleonic Wars, Odin, Peloponnesian Wars, Persian Wars, Punic Wars, Russian Revolution, Russo-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War, Six Day War, Southeast Asian War, Tiu, Tyr, Vietnam War, Woden, World War I, Wotan, all-out war, altercation, appeal to arms, argument, armed combat, armed conflict, arms, art of war, attack, attempt, belligerence, belligerency, bickering, bloodshed, box, brawl, broil, campaign, carry on hostilities, cat-and-dog life, challenge, chivalry, clash, close, collide, come to blows, conflict, contend, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, crusade, cut and thrust, debate, disputation, dispute, drive, duel, endeavor, engage, engage in hostilities, enmity, essay, exchange blows, expedition, fence, feud, fight a duel, fighting, generalship, give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, holy war, hostility, hot war, jihad, jostle, joust, knighthood, la guerre, litigation, logomachy, make war, might of arms, military operations, mix it up, open hostilities, open war, oppugn, paper war, polemic, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rassle, resort to arms, riot, run a tilt, scramble, scrapping, scuffle, shed blood, shooting war, skirmish, spar, spill blood, squabbling, state of war, strive, struggle, take on, the sword, thrust and parry, tilt, total war, tourney, tug, tussle, wage war, war of words, warfare, warmaking, warring, wartime, words, wrangling, wrestle
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