warfare

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Noun

warfare (usually uncountable; plural warfares)

1. The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy
2. Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare

Derived terms

• asymmetric warfare
• biological warfare
• chemical warfare
• conventional warfare
• germ warfare
• siege warfare
• trench warfare

Related terms

• war

Translations

The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy

Dutch: krijgsvoering (nl) f., oorlogvoering (nl) f., strijd (nl) m. German: Kriegsführung (de) f. Russian: ведение войны (ru) f.

Military operations of some particular kind

Dutch: krijgsvoering (nl) f., oorlogvoering (nl) f., strijd (nl) m. German: Kriegsführung (de) f. Russian: приёмы ведения войны

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Arabic: صِراع (ar) (Siraa3) m., حَرْب (ar) (Harb) m., نِضال (ar) (niDaal) m., قِتال (ar) (qitaal) m. Basque: gerra (eu), guda (eu) Bulgarian: война (bg) f. Estonian: sõda (et) Finnish: sodankäynti (fi), sota (fi) French: guerre (fr) f. Greek: εχθροπραξία (ekthropraksía) f. Icelandic: hernaður m. Italian: guerra (it) f.

Japanese: 戦い (ja) (tatakai), 戦争 (ja) (sensō) Korean: 전쟁 (ko) Latin: mīlitia (la) f. Mandarin Chinese: 戰爭, 战争 Norwegian: krigføring c. Polish: wojna (pl) f. Portuguese: guerra (pt) f. Spanish: guerra (es) f. Swedish: krigföring c. Turkish: kital (tr)