war vs peace
Definitions
verb
- make or wage war
noun
- the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
- an active struggle between competing entities
- a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
- a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
Examples
They could have been classed as ship-rigged sloops-of-war and were built by Thomas Fishburn in 1770 at Whitby.
The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe.
At the iron railings turn left into the war memorial gardens.
Definitions
noun
- a treaty to cease hostilities
- the absence of mental stress or anxiety
- the general security of public places
- the state prevailing during the absence of war
- 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
Garry indicated that it might be acceptable to make peace with the Cayuses, without involving the Yakima tribe.
