[n] a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
[n] the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
[n] an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
[n] a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"
[v] make or wage war