(a state, period, of) the use of weapons when fighting between countries or rival groups in a nation
armed conflict
Cases of word usage
1) to put an end to (a law, an old custom, war etc.) (abolish)
2) an action that may begin a quarrel or war (aggression)
3) an extremely violent event of great importance as in a war (apocalypse)
4) an agreement during a war or battle to stop fighting for a time (armistice)
5) things taken by robbers or captured from the enemy in war (booty)
6) a death by accident, in war etc (fatality)
7) a person engaged in a guerrilla war (fighting by small groups of civilians, usually for a political cause) (guerrilla)
8) a kind of strong, swift, bird of prey; a person who favours war or the use of military force (hawk)
9) a drug dependent person, pretending to be against war but actually thus finding reason to drink a lot and avoid any work; very lazy person; hipster (hippie)
10) a religious war by Muslims against unbelievers (jihad)