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Look up: War

  1. War
    War is a city in McDowell County West Virginia, USA
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/GX

  2. war
    [n] - a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply 2. [n] - an active struggle between competing entities 3. [n] - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy 4. [n] - a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious 5. [v] - make or wage war
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. WAR
    Web Archive
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  4. War
    armed conflict among the people of various societies, directed by their governments
    Found on http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/wps/media/obj

  5. war
    Act of force, usually on behalf of the state, intended to compel a declared enemy to obey the will of the other. The aim is to render the opponent incapable of further resistance by destroying its...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  6. war
    an expression signifying perils of war,strikes,riots,civil commotions and malicious damage Category: Insurance • organisation to support chidren that are victims of wars Category: Defense • the peril of capture,seizure,arrest,restraint or detainment of princes or peoples,men and engines of war,mines,torpedoes or any hostile act Category: Insurance
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. War
    War adjective Ware; aware. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  8. War
    War noun [ Middle English & Anglo-Saxon werre ; akin to Old High German werra scandal, quarrel, sedition, werran to confound, mix, Dutch warren , German wirren , ver wirren , to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps to English worse ; confer Old French werre war, French querre , of Teutonic origin. Confer Guerrilla , Warr …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  9. War
    War intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Warred ; present participle & verbal noun Warring .] 1. To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence. « Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward J …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  10. War
    War transitive verb 1. To make war upon; to fight. [ R.] « To war the Scot, and borders to defend.» Daniel. 2. To carry on, as a contest; to wage. [ R.] « That thou . . . mightest war a good warfare.» Tim. i. 18.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  11. war
    1. A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?w

  12. war
    warfare noun the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; `thousands of people were killed in the war`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. war
    state of war noun a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; `war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. War
    `War` is any large scale, violent conflict. War grew from the almost universal tribal warfare that has occurred throughout history, to wars between city states, nations, or empires. By extension, the word is now used for any struggle, as in the war on drugs or the war on terror. It was once thought man was the only animal who fought wars, but closer observation of animal life has discovered wars between ant colonies and chimpanzee tribes. A group...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War

  15. War
    `War` is any large scale, violent conflict. War grew from the almost universal tribal warfare that has occurred throughout history, to wars between city states, nations, or empires. By extension, the word is now used for any struggle, as in the war on drugs or the war on terror. It was once thought man was the only animal who fought wars, but closer observation of animal life has discovered wars between ant colonies and chimpanzee tribes. A group...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War

  16. War
    • (v. i.) To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence. • (a.) Ware; aware. • (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage. • (n.) Forces; army. • (n.) a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; en...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. War
    (from the article `Renn, Ludwig`) German novelist, best known for Krieg (1928; War), a novel based on his World War I battle experiences, the narrator and principal character of which ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/8

  18. war
    in the popular sense, a conflict among political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude. In the usage of social science ... [49 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/8

  19. War
    War is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `wary` Waer,War The name War doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name War seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/War

  20. war
    war A period of hostile relations between countries, states, or factions that leads to fighting between armed forces; especially, in land, air, or sea battles. Quotations Wars are never caused by the little men, just fought by them. —Anonymous The biggest farce of man’s history has...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  21. war
    1. the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
    2. an active struggle between competing entities
    3. a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious

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9 January 2009

This day in history:
In 1972 the Cunard ship the Queen Elizabeth started to burn and burned for 3 days. Queen Elizabeth was launched on September 27, 1938 and due to the war in Europe, her maiden voyage ended on 7 March 1940 with a surprise arrival in New York Harbor. During her war service she carried over 811,000 passengers and sailed over 500,000 miles. At 83,637 gross registered tons, she would be the largest passenger ship afloat for the next 34 years. read more

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