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Look up: war

  1. 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 en...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. WAR
    Web Archive
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

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

  4. 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.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. 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 ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

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

  7. 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 p...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  8. 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...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  9. 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

  10. 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;...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. war
    warfare noun the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; `thousands of people were killed in the war`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. 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://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. 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 o...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. WAR
    Work as required, (within an engineering possession)
    Found on http://www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/Glossary

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

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  20. war
    war, armed conflict between states or nations (international war) or between factions within a state (civil war), prosecuted by force and having the purpose of compelling the defeated side to do the will of the victor. Among the causes of war are ideological, political, racial, economic, and religio...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0

  21. War
    A contention by force; or the art of paralysing the forces of an enemy. It is either public or private. It is not intended here to speak of the latter. Public war is either civil or national. Civil war is that which is waged between two parties, citizens or members of the same state or nation. National war is a contest between two or more indep...
    Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/w038.htm

  22. 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 capability and will to bear arms in pursuit of its own aims. War can therefore be seen as a continuatio...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  23. WAR
    Wide Angle Raster
    Found on http://www.f-16.net/glossary-W.html

  24. war
    In weaving, the threads that run lengthwise in a fabric, crossed at right angles by the weft. Also, the process of arranging yarn or thread on a loom so as to form a warp.
    Found on http://www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glo

  25. War
    `War` is a state of organized, armed and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, accessdate=2011-01-24-->--> typified by extreme aggression, societal disruption, and usually high mortality.<ref name=AHD /> In addition to the existence of this organized behavior pattern amongst human p...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War



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10 February 2012

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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in today’s Russia. read more

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