turf war in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for turf war in the English»French Dictionary

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I.turf <pl turfs, turves> [Brit təːf, Am tərf] N

II.turf [Brit təːf, Am tərf] VB trans

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I.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] N

1. war (armed conflict):

war
guerre f
the horrors of war
les horreurs de la guerre
the day war broke out
le jour où la guerre a éclaté
in the war
à la guerre
between the wars (world wars)
entre les deux guerres
a state of war now exists between our two countries
nos deux pays sont désormais en état de guerre
to win/lose a war
gagner/perdre une guerre
to go off to the war
partir à la guerre
to go to war against country
entrer en guerre contre
to wage war on country
faire la guerre contre
to be at war with a country
être en guerre avec un pays
a war over or about land, independence
une guerre pour
a war over or about issue, problem
une guerre sur
a war over or about attr debts, correspondent, crime, criminal, effort, film, historian, medal, photographer, widow, wound
de guerre
a war over or about cemetery, leader, grave, zone
militaire
a war over or about hero
de la guerre
war deaths
victimes fpl de la guerre
he has a good war record
il a de bons états de service

II.war <pres part warring; pret, pp warred> [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] VB intr

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III.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr]

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turf war in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for turf war in the English»French Dictionary

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I.turf <-s [or Brit turves]> [tɜ:f, Am tɜ:rf] N

II.turf <-s [or Brit turves]> [tɜ:f, Am tɜ:rf] VB trans

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war no pl, no indef art:

war
guerre f
to be at war
être en guerre
a state of war
un état de guerre
in time of war
en temps de guerre
the horrors of war
les horreurs de la guerre
war atrocities
les atrocités de la guerre
a war hero
un héros de guerre
war breaks out between sb/sth and sb/sth
la guerre éclate entre qn/qc et qn/qc
to declare war on sb/sth a. fig
déclarer la guerre à qn/qc
to go to war
aller en guerre
to wage war against sb/sth
faire la guerre contre qn/qc
to wage war against sb/sth fig
être en guerre contre qn/qc
a war of attrition
une guerre d'usure
price/trade war
guerre des prix/commerciale
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Apparently, the conflict was waged between two rival factions following a dispute over boundaries, making the violence a turf war.
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Analysts say the city is again in the grip of a political turf war.
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Police believe many are related to a dial-a-dope turf war.
www.thenownewspaper.com
Concerned legislators asked school officials to work out a solution to the growing turf war over the changing school district boundaries.
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The confrontation between the members of the two groups appears to be a turf war.
www.dailymail.co.uk
The ongoing and ever-escalating turf war between bikes and cars is one result, from verbal altercations to over 1,000 car-bike collisions a year.
www.torontosun.com
The executives in the room get into a food fight mid-presentation -- a turf war that has nothing to do with you or your presentation.
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Afterwards, he plans to use them as an advantage for a turf war that he is in.
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They include production, manufacture, transportation, and sale of drugs, as well as violence related to the production or sale of drugs, such as a turf war.
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With the weekend ahead, there are fears that this turf war could escalate over the coming days.
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