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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WARFARE, n. [war and fare.]
1. Military service; military life; war.
The Philistines gathered their armies for warfare. 2 Samuel 28.
2. Contest; struggle with spiritual enemies.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Corinthians 10.
WARFARE, v.i. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
In that credulous warfaring age. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" [syn: war, warfare]
2: an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" [syn: war, warfare]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from werre, warre war + fare journey, passage — more at fare Date: 15th century 1. military operations between enemies ; hostilities, war; also an activity undertaken by a political unit (as a nation) to weaken or destroy another <economic warfare> 2. struggle between competing entities ; conflict

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a state of war; campaigning, engaging in war (chemical warfare).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Warfare War"fare`, n. [War + OE. fare a journey, a passage, course, AS. faru. See Fare, n.] 1. Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war. The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. --I Sam. xxviii. 1. This day from battle rest; Faithful hath been your warfare. --Milton. 2. Contest; struggle. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor. x. 4.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Warfare War"fare`, v. i. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. --Camden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Warfare is the activity of fighting a war. ...the threat of chemical warfare. N-UNCOUNT: oft supp N 2. Warfare is sometimes used to refer to any violent struggle or conflict. Much of the violence is related to drugs and gang warfare... At times party rivalries have broken out into open warfare. N-UNCOUNT: oft supp N

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

See WAR, WARFARE.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Hostilities, war, state of war. 2. Contest, struggle, strife, discord.

Moby Thesaurus

Kilkenny cats, altercation, argument, bickering, cat-and-dog life, combat, competition, conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, cut and thrust, debate, disputation, dispute, emulation, enmity, fighting, hostility, litigation, logomachy, paper war, polemic, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rivalry, scrapping, squabbling, strife, striving, struggle, tug-of-war, war, war of words, words, wrangling