war

Definition:
1. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
2. A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply.
3. An active struggle between competing entities.

Use 'war' in a sentence:

• 1. The war separated many families.
• 2. War was followed by many years of austerity.
• 3. He has lived through two world wars.
• 4. No argument can justify a war.
• 5. The cold war came to an end.
• 6. Switzerland was neutral during the war.
• 7. There was a war on at the time.
• 8. He was 29 when war broke out.
• 9. The country is making preparations for war.
• 10. The prospect of war loomed large.
• 11. There are deep divisions in the party over the war.
• 12. How long have they been at war?
• 13. How long have they been at war ?
• 14. The war is well and truly over.
• 15. Joe sounded different, hardened by the war.
• 16. If we go to war, innocent lives will be put at risk.
• 17. The campaign provided a channel for protest against the war.
• 18. The war was carried into enemy territory.
• 19. The school was used as a hospital for the duration of the war.
• 20. Many people throughout history have dreamt of a world without war.
• 21. The country is now at war.
• 22. The country was ruined by the war.
• 23. Technically, the two countries are still at war.
• 24. The family was reunited after the war.
• 25. The war continued for an eternity.
• 26. The war has entered its second month.
• 27. There is a real threat of war.
• 28. She was orphaned in the war.
• 29. Most Afghans are heartily sick of war.
• 30. The country has been on a war footing since March.
• 31. He retired long before the war.
• 32. The war was finally at an end.
• 33. When the war ended, people finally had cause to rejoice.
• 34. Mars was the Roman god of war.
• 35. Despite the threat of war, people went about their business as usual.
• 36. Diplomacy is better than war.
• 37. Many changes took place between the two world wars.
• 38. This war has got to end soon.
• 39. The supermarket fired the first shot in a price war today.
• 40. I prefer to think of peace not war.
• 41. After years of war, the people long for a lasting peace.
• 42. Few buildings survived the war intact.
• 43. The country abandoned its political leaders after the war.
• 44. At some point during the war he seems to have changed sides.
• 45. They suffered dreadfully during the war.
• 46. He became a navigator during the war.
• 47. Eggs were rationed during the war.
• 48. The war was a forbidden subject.
• 49. The country was sliding into a state of virtual civil war.
• 50. He pronounced the country to be in a state of war.
• 51. Social and political problems led to the outbreak of war.
• 52. The love story unfolds against a background of civil war.
• 53. The stress of war temporarily unhinged him.
• 54. The war diverted people's attention away from the economic situation.
• 55. The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.
• 56. My generation have grown up without the experience of a world war.
• 57. A new era was brought into being by the war.