Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.

    Kriegsführung

    веде́ние войны́vedénije vojný

    воюва́нняvojuvánnja

    the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

  2. (uncountable, usually)Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.

    Kriegsführung

    вое́нная опера́цияvojénnaja operácija, вое́нные де́йствияvojénnyje déjstvija, боевы́е де́йствияbojevýje déjstvija

    воє́нна опера́ціяvojénna operácija, воє́нні ді́їvojénni díji, військо́ві ді́їvijsʹkóvi díji

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Do you bring peace, or warfare?

    ruВы с миром или с войной?

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  2. Dan was an expert at psychological warfare.

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  3. Dan studied psychological warfare techniques at infantry academy.

    ruДэн изучал методы психологической войны в пехотном училище.

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  4. The two countries are engaged in biological warfare.

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  5. We live in a time of psychological warfare.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy:
military operations of some particular kind:
Русский
By meaning 2
the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy:
military operations of some particular kind:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy:

Origin

From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging

From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”).

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