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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''werre'', from Anglo-French ''werre'', ''guerre'', of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ''werra'' strife; akin to Old High German ''werran'' to [[confuse]]

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''werre'', from Anglo-French ''werre'', ''guerre'', of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ''werra'' strife; akin to Old High German ''werran'' to [[confuse]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*2a : a state of hostility, conflict, or [[antagonism]]

*2a : a state of hostility, conflict, or [[antagonism]]

:b : a [[struggle]] or [[competition]] between opposing forces or for a particular end <a class war> <a war against [[disease]]>  

:b : a [[struggle]] or [[competition]] between opposing forces or for a particular end <a class war> <a war against [[disease]]>  

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''War''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:War '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''War''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:War '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Description==

==Description==

'''War''' is an organised and often prolonged armed [[conflict]] that is carried out by states and/or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-state_actors non-state actors]. It is characterised by [[extreme]] [[violence]], social disruption, and [[economic]] [[destruction]]. War should be understood as an actual, [[intentional]] and widespread armed conflict between political [[communities]], and therefore is defined as a form of political [[violence]] or intervention. The set of [[techniques]] used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. An [[absence]] of war is usually called [[peace]].

'''War''' is an organised and often prolonged armed [[conflict]] that is carried out by states and/or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-state_actors non-state actors]. It is characterised by [[extreme]] [[violence]], social disruption, and [[economic]] [[destruction]]. War should be understood as an actual, [[intentional]] and widespread armed conflict between political [[communities]], and therefore is defined as a form of political [[violence]] or intervention. The set of [[techniques]] used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. An [[absence]] of war is usually called [[peace]].