warfare
The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
Other meanings
Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.
Related words
- asymmetrical warfare
- hybrid warfare
- irregular warfare
- nuclear warfare
- urban warfare
- antiwarfare
- memetic warfare
- attrition warfare
- economic warfare
- asymmetric warfare
- warfare state
- cognitive warfare
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "werre-faringe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “warfare” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.