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war [wɔ:ʳ, Am wɔ:r] N

3. war (conflict):

war
Kampf m
class war esp Brit
a war of nerves fig
price/trade war
Preis-/Handelskrieg m

anti-ˈwar ADJ

anti-war march, speech:

Antikriegs-

Boer ˈWar N

ˈcold war N POL

Great ˈWar N HISTORY

Gulf ˈWar N

1. Gulf War (between Iran-Iraq 1980-88):

Gulf War
[1.] Golfkrieg m

2. Gulf War (after invasion of Kuwait 1990):

Gulf War
[2.] Golfkrieg m

holy ˈwar N

ˈpho·ney war N esp Brit hist

pre-war [ˌpri:ˈwɔ:ʳ, Am -ˈwɔ:r] ADJ inv

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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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.
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This can prevent a poorly-performing item from underselling, but it also eliminates the possibility of a bidding war.
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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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Both stores were looted in the final days of the war.
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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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The trolleybus system was luckier, as most of its equipment, including the depot, survived the war.
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As the war continued, so did the openness of such decrees and orders.
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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.
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Royalist officers, split between liberals and conservatives, fought an internecine war among themselves.
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