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Added 9 October 2026

warfare

/ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about warfare at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
thousands of people were killed in the war
An active struggle between competing entities.
a price war

Origin

From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”).

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