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41war — [[t]wɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] ♦ wars 1) N VAR A war is a period of fighting or conflict between countries or states. He spent part of the war in the National Guard. ...matters of war and peace... They ve been at war for the last fifteen years. Ant: peace 2) N …
42War effort — In politics and military planning, a war effort refers to a coordinated mobilization of society s resources mdash;both industrial and human mdash;towards the support of a military force. Depending on the militarization of the culture, the… …
43War Production Board — The War Production Board (WPB) was established as a government agency on January 16, 1942 by executive order of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The purpose of the board was to regulate the production and allocation of materials and fuel during World War… …
44War Before Civilization — In his book War Before Civilization, Lawrence H. Keeley, a professor at the University of Illinois, says that 87% of tribal societies were at war more than once per year, and some 65% of them were fighting continuously. One half of the people… …
45war dance — noun a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory • Hypernyms: ↑ritual dancing, ↑ritual dance, ↑ceremonial dance * * * noun 1. : a dance usually representing war in pantomime that is performed by primitive peoples as… …
46War of Ferrara — The War of Ferrara (also known as the Salt War, it. Guerra del Sale ) ending with the Peace of Bagnolo, was fought in 1482 1484 between Ercole I d Este, duke of Ferrara, and the Papal forces mustered by Ercole s personal nemesis, Pope Sixtus IV… …
47war of nerves — noun the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents morale • Syn: ↑psychological warfare • Hypernyms: ↑war, ↑warfare * * * : psychological tactics of assailing the morale of an opponent by broadcasting propaganda, spreading rumors… …
48War of the Regulation — The War of the Regulation (or the Regulator Movement) was a North Carolina uprising, lasting from approximately 1764 to 1771, where mostly lower class citizens took up arms against corrupt colonial officials. While unsuccessful, some historians… …
49War of the Bands — The War of the Bands ( es. Guerra de los Bandos) was a civil war, really an extended series of blood feuds, in the the western Basque Country (part of Castile), Gascony, and Navarre in the Late Middle Ages. The main primary source for the War is… …
50War Trash — Infobox Book | name = War Trash title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Ha Jin illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = subject = genre = War novel publisher = Pantheon Books… …
