warfare

1 the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" [syn: war]

2 an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" [syn: war]

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Pronunciation

Noun

warfare (uncountable)

1. The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy
2. Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare

Derived terms

• asymmetric warfare
• biological warfare
• chemical warfare
• germ warfare
• siege warfare
• trench warfare

Related terms

• war

Translations

• Chinese: 戰爭, 战争
• Bulgarian: война
• Dutch: oorlogvoering
• Finnish: sodankäynti, sota
• French: guerre
• German: Kriegsführung
• Greek: εχθροπραξία (ekthropraksía)
• Icelandic: hernaður
• Italian: guerra
• Japanese: 戦い
• Korean: 전쟁
• Portuguese: guerra
• Russian: ведение войны
• Spanish: guerra
• Swedish: krigföring

Warfare can refer to:

• War, The waging of war (armed conflict) against an enemy.
• Military strategy, planning the conduct of warfare.

Military operations marked by a specific characteristic

• Asymmetric warfare,
• Conventional warfare,
• Chemical warfare,
• Guerilla warfare,
• Unconventional warfare

By environment

• Arctic warfare,
• Desert warfare,
• Jungle warfare,
• Trench warfare
• Mobile warfare,
• Naval warfare,
• Sub-aquatic warfare,
• Mountain warfare,
• Urban warfare,
• Air warfare,
• Space warfare,
• Electronic warfare,
• Psychological warfare,
• Cyber warfare,

By historical period

( main article Military history):

• Prehistoric warfare,
• Ancient warfare,
• Medieval warfare,
• Gunpowder warfare,
• Industrial warfare,
• Modern warfare

Misc

• Total war
  • Economic warfare,
  • Industrial warfare

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