war

1. (uncountable)Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces.

   holy war; just war; civil war

2. (countable)A particular conflict of this kind.

   a war of succession... a war of attrition... the Cold War... World War III...

3. (countable, proscribed, sometimes)Protracted armed conflict against irregular forces, particularly groups considered terrorists.

   the Great Emu War... the Global War on Terrorism...

   the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

4. (broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes)Protracted state or state-sponsored political violence against dissidents.

   the Dirty War...

5. (broadly, countable)Any protracted conflict, particularly

6. Any protracted conflict, particularly

   (US, broadly, countable, uncountable)A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc.

   война́vojná, борьба́borʹbá

7. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A protracted instance of fierce competition in trade.

   price wars... Cola Wars... format wars...

8. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A protracted struggle between rival organizations for control of a particular institution.

   FISA–FOCA war...

   an active struggle between competing entities

9. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A prolonged conflict between two groups of organized criminals, usually over organizational or territorial control.

   turf war... gang war... Castellammarese War...

10. (Internet, broadly, countable, uncountable)An argument between two or more people with opposing opinions on a topic or issue.

    flame war... edit war...

11. (uncountable)Any of a family of card games where all cards are dealt at the beginning of play and players attempt to capture them all, typically involving no skill and only serving to kill time.

    Krieg

12. (obsolete, uncountable)An assembly of weapons; instruments of war.

1. France was at war with Russia.

   Франція воювала з Росією.

   ruФранция воевала с Россией.

   deFrankreich führte Krieg gegen Russland.

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2. I hope war doesn't break out.

   Сподіваюся, війна не вибухне.

   deIch hoffe, dass es keinen Krieg geben wird.

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3. He was killed in the war.

   Він загинув під час війни.

   ruОн погиб на войне.

   deEr wurde im Krieg getötet.

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4. He was wounded in the war.

   Його поранили на війні.

   ruОн был ранен на войне.

   deEr wurde im Krieg verwundet.

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5. Life got better after the war.

   Життя після війни покращилося.

   ruПосле войны жить стало лучше.

   deNach dem Krieg wurde das Leben besser.

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