- 1. An open state of armed conflict, especially between
nations. Compare cold war. - Thesaurus: battle, combat,
hostilities, fighting, action. 3. A conflict between states, or
between parties within a state. See also civil war. 4. Fighting
as a science. 5. Open hostility between people. 6. Any long-
continued struggle or campaign. 7. Fierce rivalry or competition
in business. - 1. To fight wars. - Thesaurus: fight, battle,
wage war, make war. - Participating in armed conflict. - To
begin an armed conflict. To have, or show signs of having,
sustained injuries. warred past tense, past participle of war