peace vs war

Definitions

noun

1. a treaty to cease hostilities
2. the absence of mental stress or anxiety
3. the general security of public places
4. the state prevailing during the absence of war
5. harmonious relations; freedom from disputes

Examples

I can say with certainty that a lot of arms shipments have arrived during this peace period.

A letter to his wife in 1847 tells of a visit to the Brights at Rochdale; how 'John and I discorded in our views not a little', and how 'I shook peaceable Brightdom as with

In wartime, heroes come into being in times of crisis; in peacetime, they come into existence by doing trifles in everyday life.

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Definitions

verb

1. make or wage war

noun

1. the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
2. an active struggle between competing entities
3. a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
4. a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious

Examples

At the iron railings turn left into the war memorial gardens.

Sceptics stung by that debacle may still be wary.

They could have been classed as ship-rigged sloops-of-war and were built by Thomas Fishburn in 1770 at Whitby.

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