Wars — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Meaning & Definition of Wars

Wars (noun)

1. a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations
2. a period of such armed conflict
3. state of war
4. a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country —often used in the capitalized names of specific wars
5. a conflict over ideological differences carried on by methods short of sustained overt military action and usually without breaking off diplomatic relations; specifically often Cold War, the ideological conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the second half of the 20th century
6. a condition of rivalry, mistrust, and often open hostility short of violence especially between power groups (such as labor and management)
7. a war or violent campaign waged often by religious extremists for what is considered to be a holy purpose
8. a conflict involving actual fighting
9. a war whose objective is less than the total defeat of the enemy
10. any of a genus (Physalia of the family Physaliidae) of large, tropical and subtropical, pelagic, siphonophore hydrozoans having a crested bladderlike float which bears the colony comprised of three types of zooids on the lower surface with one of the three having nematocyst-equipped tentacles
11. commercial competition characterized by the repeated cutting of prices below those of competitors

Wars (verb)

1. to be in active or vigorous conflict
2. to engage in warfare
3. worst, overcome