War Definition–noun | 1. | a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air. | | 2. | a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations: The two nations were at war with each other. | | 3. | a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns: the War of 1812. | | 4. | active hostility or contention; conflict; contest: a war of words. | | 5. | aggressive business conflict, as through severe price cutting in the same industry or any other means of undermining competitors: a fare war among airlines; a trade war between nations. | | 6. | a struggle: a war for men's minds; a war against poverty. | | 7. | armed fighting, as a science, profession, activity, or art; methods or principles of waging armed con
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flict: War is the soldier's business. | | 8. | Cards. | a. | a game for two or more persons, played with a 52-card pack evenly divided between the players, in which each player turns up one card at a time with the higher card taking the lower, and in which, when both turned up cards match, each player lays one card face down and turns up another, the player with the higher card of the second turn taking all the cards laid down. | | b. | an occasion in this game when both turned up cards match. | | –verb (used without object) | 10. | to make or carry on war; fight: to war with a neighboring nation. | | 11. | to carry on active hostility or contention: Throughout her life she warred with sin and corruption. | | 12. | to be in conflict or in a state of strong opposition: The temptation warred with his conscience. | –adjective | 13. | of, belonging to, used in, or due to war: war preparations; war hysteria. | |
From Dictionary Monster Definition–noun | 1. | a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx. | | 2. | any creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people. | | 3. | any animal or human grotesquely deviating from the normal shape, behavior, or character. | | 4. | a person who excites horror by wickedness, cruelty, etc. | | 5. | any animal or thing huge in size. | | 6. | Biology. | a. | an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure, as from marked malformation or the absence of certain parts or organs. | | b. | a grossly anomalous fetus or infant, esp. one that is not viable. | | | 7. | anything unnatural or monstrous. | –adjective | 8. | huge; enormous; monstrous: a monster tree. | |
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