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war [wɔ:ʳ, Am wɔ:r] N

2. war (fierce competition, struggle):

the class war
walka f klasowa
a war of nerves
wojna f nerwów
price/trade war
wojna cenowa/handlowa

civil war N

class struggle, class war N

cold war N POL

pre-war [ˌpri:ˈwɔ:ʳ, Am -ˈwɔ:r] ADJ

price war N ECON

war baby N

war baby
dziecko nt wojny

war correspondent N

war crime N

war criminal N

war cry N

war cry
okrzyk m bojowy

war game N

1. war game (training):

war game
ćwiczenia ntpl wojskowe

2. war game (game):

war game
strategiczna gra f wojenna

warpaint, war paint [ˈwɔ:peɪnt, Am ˈwɔ:r-] N

1. warpaint (native ritual):

warpaint
barwy fpl wojenne

2. warpaint iron (make-up):

warpaint
makijaż m

war-path, warpath [ˈwɔ:pɑ:θ, Am ˈwɔ:rpæθ] N

Usage examples with war

war crime
zbrodnia f wojenna
civil war
wojna domowa
a war with Russia
wojna z Rosją
war seems rather unlikely
wojna wydaje się raczej nieprawdopodobna
to be at war
być w stanie wojny
the art of war
sztuka f wojenna
a war of attrition
wojna na wyczerpanie
the outbreak of war
wybuch m wojny
it translates as war
to oznacza wojnę
to go to war
podejmować [perf podjąć] działania wojenne
a war of nerves
wojna f nerwów
on the war-path inf
na ścieżce wojennej
war of attrition
wojna f na wyczerpanie
theatre of war
teatr m wojny
the cold war
zimna wojna f
to escape war/famine
uciekać [perf uciec] przed wojną/głodem
prisoner of war
jeniec m wojenny
scars of war
ślady mpl wojny
the class war
walka f klasowa
price/trade war
wojna cenowa/handlowa

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Both stores were looted in the final days of the war.
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We very soon came to realise how much easier it was to make war than to reorganise for peace.
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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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He tamed the devil of inflation, started the practice of cleaning up bank books and waged a war against crony capitalists.
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War bond sales increased but enlistments went down.
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Perhaps for fear of planning a new attack, he decided to reconvene several councils of war.
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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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She believes there is a peaceful solution to the current war-torn country.
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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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Just before the war he worked at a fishery collective farm.
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