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noun ADJ. open Rivalry between football fans developed into open warfare. | conventional, modern | biological, chemical, germ, nuclear | class, gang, internecine, tribal | guerrilla, siege, trench | aerial, air, naval, submarine | jungle, mountain | economic, ideological, psychological a subtle form of psychological warfare VERB + WARFARE engage in PREP. ~ against warfare against other tribes | ~ between warfare between gangs
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warfare
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + warfare
chemical warfare
(= using chemicals, for example poisonous gases, as weapons )
• the consequences of America’s chemical warfare in Vietnam
biological/germ warfare
(= using dangerous bacteria or illnesses as a weapon )
• These bacteria might be used in biological warfare.
nuclear warfare
• the appalling consequences of nuclear warfare.
conventional warfare
(= not nuclear )
• They had a stronger conventional warfare capability.
ground warfare
(= fighting on the ground, rather than in the air or on the sea )
• Ground warfare took a heavy toll in casualties.
trench warfare
(= fighting from long holes dug into the ground )
• There he experienced the full horrors of trench warfare.
jungle warfare
• The Japanese had been trained in jungle warfare.
guerrilla warfare
(= involving a small unofficial military group )
• Sporadic fighting turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare.
naval warfare
• The age of modern naval warfare was at hand.
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verbs
wage warfare
• Rebels waged guerrilla warfare against the occupying army.
engage in warfare
• The country did not want to engage in warfare.
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