Definition of War

War Ware; aware. A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities. A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason. Instruments of war. Forces; army. The profession of arms; the art of war. a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility. To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence. To contend; to strive violently; to fight. To make war upon; to fight. To carry on, as a contest; to wage. Related Definitions: Acquisition, Act, Action, Against, An, And, Any, Armed, Arms, Army, Art, As, Attack, Authority, Aware, Be, Belligerency, Between, By, Carried, Carry, Commerce, Condition, Conflict, Contend, Contest, Declared, Defence, Dominion, Enmity, Establishing, Extension, Fight, For, Force, Hostilities, Hostility, In, Inimical, Invade, Is, Levying, Maintained, Make, Nation, Obtaining, Of, On, One, Open, Opposition, Or, Other, Over, Physical, Profession, Purpose, Revenging, Sense, Sovereign, State, Strive, Superiority, Territory, The, This, To, Treason, Upon, Violence, Violently, Wage, War, Ware, Whether, With

War Quotations I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam. Martin Luther King, Jr. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. Martin Luther King, Jr. War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. Martin Luther King, Jr. The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. Thomas Jefferson The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. Thomas Jefferson It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. Thomas Jefferson I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another. Thomas Jefferson I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind. Thomas Jefferson

War Translations war in Afrikaans is oorlog war in Danish is krig war in Dutch is oorlog, krijg war in Finnish is sota war in French is guerre war in German is Krieg war in Italian is guerra, guerre war in Latin is bellum war in Norwegian is krig war in Portuguese is guerra war in Spanish is guerra war in Swedish is krig