From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Militarywarfarewar‧fare /ˈwɔːfeə $ ˈwɔːrfer/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]1PMWARthe activity of fighting in a war – used especially when talking about particular methods of fighting
the realities of modern warfarechemical/nuclear/germ etc warfaretrench/jungle/mountain etc warfareguerrilla warfare (=fighting by small groups of fighters in mountains, forests etc)► see thesaurus at war2FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethinga continuous and often violentstruggle or argument between different groupsclass/gang/internecine etc warfare
the problems of drugs and gang warfare →psychological warfareCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + warfare chemical warfare (=using chemicals, for example poisonous gases, as weapons)the consequences of America’s chemical warfare in Vietnambiological/germ warfare (=using dangerous bacteria or illnesses as a weapon)These bacteria might be used in biological warfare.nuclear warfarethe 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 warfareThe Japanese had been trained in jungle warfare.guerrilla warfare (=involving a small unofficial military group)Sporadic fighting turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare.naval warfareThe age of modern naval warfare was at hand.verbswage warfareRebels waged guerrilla warfare against the occupying army.engage in warfareThe country did not want to engage in warfare.Examples from the Corpuswarfare• Many people believe that what happened in 1940 was a Britishchemicalwarfareexperiment that went wrong.• a secretunderground chemical warfare plant• The rebels aimed to overthrow the government through protracted guerrillawarfare.• As in humanwarfare, chemical defences are essentially deterrents rather than everydayweapons.• the history of modernwarfareguerrilla warfare• The directive did not yet call for guerrilla warfare.• Detailed plans for Operation Mayibuye, an outline for guerrilla warfare and foreignintervention, were revealed.• I was in the jungle now and developing a taste for guerrilla warfare.• Their strategy seems to be widespread but low- level guerrilla warfare to discredit and destabilise the Phnom Penh government.• They also collected some weapons recovered from parishioners and - more important in this mountedguerrilla warfare - they collected several saddles.• She did not notice that we had left the age of guerrilla warfare.• He has studied the art of guerrilla warfare, he's read Mao.class/gang/internecine etc warfare• Then in 1967 he stumbled on the bizarreinternecine warfare of the genes that we shall meet in chapter 4.• As you see, the perfectrecipe for gang warfare.• It is engaged in internecine warfare over the general provision of indemnityinsurance for investors.• Dexter's interest lies not in gang warfare, but in the character of PeterFlood.• By 2015, bitterenmities played themselves out in gang warfare, narcoticstraffic, and addiction.• He accusesBoxer and others who are trying to outlaw his handguns of waging a kind of class warfare.• This was gang warfare of a thoroughly nasty kind.Originwarfare(1400-1500)war + fare“going, journey”
