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war [wɔ:ʳ] N

1. war no pl (armed conflict):

war
vojna f
state of war
vojno stanje
the cold war hist
hladna vojna
the Great war
prva svetovna vojna
to declare war on sb/sth
napovedati vojno komu/čemu
to go to war
stopiti v vojno
to wage war against sb/sth
vojskovati se proti komu/čemu
at war also fig
v vojni

2. war (conflict):

war
boj m
class war esp Brit
razredni boj
price/trade war
cenovna/trgovinska vojna
to have been in the wars esp Brit
biti potolčen

anti-ˈwar ADJ

anti-war march, speech:

anti-war
protivojen

civ·il ˈwar N

ˈcold war N

cold war
hladna vojna f

post-ˈwar ADJ

pre-war [ˌpri:ˈwɔ:ʳ] ADJ

ˈprice war N

ˈtrade war N

ˈwar atroc·ities N pl

ˈwar baby N

1. war baby (child):

war baby
med vojno rojen otrok m

2. war baby Am inf (bond):

war baby
obveznica f vojnega posojila

ˈwar bond N

ˈwar bul·letin N

ˈwar cor·res·pond·ent N

ˈwar crime N

ˈwar crimi·nal N

ˈwar cry N

war cry
bojni krik m

ˈwar ef·fort N

ˈwar game N

ˈwar-torn ADJ usu attr

ˈwar-weary ADJ

Usage examples with war

at war
v vojni
class war esp Brit
razredni boj
war trophy
vojni plen
World war World war I/II
prva/druga svetovna vojna
aftermath of the war
posledice vojne
during World War Two
med 2. svetovno vojno
to go to war
stopiti v vojno
the fortunes of war
vojna sreča
on a war footing
v vojni pripravljenosti
the sinews of war
sredstva za vojskovanje
god of war
bog vojne
state of siege/war
obleganje/vojno stanje
state of war
vojno stanje
the cold war hist
hladna vojna
the Great war
prva svetovna vojna
declaration of war
vojna napoved
war on terror
vojna proti terorizmu
threat of war
nevarnost vojne

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
His war diary describes how he sighted a lone merchant ship, with no defensive armament (an unusual sight by 1917).
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There were so many manifestations of psychological reaction to war that everyone got classed as shell-shock.
www.heraldscotland.com
A class war is waging around us and it is merciless and thorough in its destruction.
www.dailymail.co.uk
The city also had 59,826 flats, of which 11,153 (about 19%) were still undamaged by the time the war ended.
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War bond sales increased but enlistments went down.
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Royalist officers, split between liberals and conservatives, fought an internecine war among themselves.
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These traits served the dog well in its role as a personal defense dog, police dog, or war dog, but were not ideally adapted to a companionship role.
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Around them lie the silent husks of war: a submarine, a warplane, tracked transports, tent pegs, ships and shells some still waiting to explode.
www.mcclatchydc.com
For example, a man could not go on the warpath without first performing the war-bundle feast, which contained two parts.
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Unfortunately, the king had to go to war and the stepmother maltreated and starved her stepdaughter.
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