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.
