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Meaning of 'warfare' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Warfare [ n.]
- Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
- Contest; struggle.
2 . Warfare [ v. i.]
- To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

Meaning of 'warfare' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . warfare [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an active struggle between competing entities
Example in sentence:
  • a price war;
  • a war of wits;
  • diplomatic warfare
Meaning (2):
- the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
Example in sentence:
  • thousands of people were killed in the war

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