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ALL meanings of warred

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  • noun warred Simple past tense and past participle of war. 1
  • noun warred a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air. 1
  • noun warred a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations: The two nations were at war with each other. 1
  • noun warred a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns: the War of 1812. 1
  • noun warred armed fighting, as a science, profession, activity, or art; methods or principles of waging armed conflict: War is the soldier's business. 1
  • noun warred active hostility or contention; conflict; contest: a war of words. 1
  • noun warred aggressive business conflict, as through severe price cutting in the same industry or any other means of undermining competitors: a fare war among airlines; a trade war between nations. 1
  • noun warred a struggle to achieve a goal: the war on cancer; a war against poverty; a war for hearts and minds. 1
  • noun warred Cards. a game for two or more persons, played with a 52-card pack evenly divided between the players, in which each player turns up one card at a time with the higher card taking the lower, and in which, when both turned up cards match, each player lays one card face down and turns up another, the player with the higher card of the second turn taking all the cards laid down. an occasion in this game when both turned up cards match. 1
  • noun warred Archaic. a battle. 1
  • verb without object warred to make or carry on war; fight: to war with a neighboring nation. 1
  • verb without object warred to carry on active hostility or contention: Throughout her life she warred with sin and corruption. 1
  • verb without object warred to be in conflict or in a state of strong opposition: The temptation warred with his conscience. 1
  • adjective warred of, belonging to, used in, or due to war: war preparations; war hysteria. 1
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