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Synonyms for warfare
ˈwɔrˌfɛərwar·fare
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
warfare
Synonyms:
antagonism, battle, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, disproportion, dissension, disunion, hostility, incongruity, inconsistency, opposition, schism, separation, varianceAntonyms:
accord, accordance, agreement, amity, concord, concurrence, conformity, congruity, consent, consistency, consonance, harmony, symmetry, unanimity, uniformity, union, unison, unity
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
warfare
Synonyms:
war, hostilities, antagonism, campaign, engagement, belligerenceAntonyms:
peace, truce, pacification, accommodation, reconciliation, armistice, neutrality, friendliness
Princeton's WordNet
war, warfarenoun
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
"thousands of people were killed in the war"
Synonyms:
war, state of warwar, warfarenoun
an active struggle between competing entities
"a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
Synonyms:
war, state of war
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warfarenoun
Synonyms:
hostilities, war, state of warwarfarenoun
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#615 | war | |
#1845 | difference | |
#2171 | campaign | |
#2541 | battle | |
#2837 | wars | |
#3106 | conflict | |
#3575 | contest | |
#4575 | combat | |
#5349 | opposition | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#6234 | separation | |
#9225 | variance | |
#9858 | controversy | |
#10012 | warfare | |
#17032 | contention | |
#18900 | disagreement | |
#21810 | hostility | |
#25838 | inconsistency | |
#34777 | hostilities | |
#42082 | discord | |
#48333 | antagonism | |
#50466 | schism | |
#78005 | dissension | |
#111981 | incongruity | |
#134536 | belligerence | |
#143686 | disproportion | |
#150951 | disunion |
How to use warfare in a sentence?
I think inevitably both because of fiscal pressures and because of the nature of the warfare in Afghanistan we are going to see, a few years down the road, a smaller, leaner sleeker Afghan army, whether or not it will be a more effective army, I think, remains to be seen, but it's going to be a very, very tough slog ahead.
Peggy Noonan, special assistant and speech writer to Reagan, 1984-88:
The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.
PLAAF sorties are pretty routine at this point, but stepping up bomber flights on a major PRC( People's Republic of China) holiday underscores that this is political warfare and part of a massive coercion campaign.
If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia.
It’s possible that they were trained in Yemen or anywhere on the Arabian Peninsula, this was a highly trained team. They were trained in small arms and small unit tactics. What they were displaying is guerrilla warfare 101.
Translations for warfare
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- صِراع, حَرْب, قِتال, نِضالArabic
- войнаBulgarian
- KriegsführungGerman
- σύρραξη, πάλη, πόλεμος, εχθροπραξίες, εχθροπραξίαGreek
- guerraSpanish
- sõdaEstonian
- gerra, gudaBasque
- sota, sodankäyntiFinnish
- guerre, combatFrench
- perangIndonesian
- hernaðurIcelandic
- guerraItalian
- 戦争, 戦いJapanese
- 전쟁Korean
- mīlitiaLatin
- matawhāura, rīririMāori
- oorlogvoering, strijd, krijgsvoeringDutch
- krigføringNorwegian
- wojnaPolish
- guerraPortuguese
- войнаRussian
- krigföringSwedish
- kitalTurkish
- جنگUrdu
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