warfare Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
    war.
    • thousands of people were killed in the war
  2. noun an active struggle between competing entities
    war.
    • a price war
    • a war of wits
    • diplomatic warfare

WordNet

War"fare` noun
Etymology
War + OE. fare a journey, a passage, course, AS. faru. See Fare, n.
Definitions
  1. Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
    The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. I Sam. xxviii. 1.
    This day from battle rest; Faithful hath been your warfare. Milton.
  2. Contest; struggle.
    The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Cor. x. 4.
War"fare` intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. Camden.

Webster 1913