a military engagement

a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur

one the four wars between Macedonia and Rome in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, which ended in the defeat of Macedonia and its annexation as a Roman province

tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East

Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt

two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

an engagement fought between two military forces

the act of initiating hostilities

the military forces of a nation

make or wage war

a war whose objective is less than the unconditional defeat of the enemy

the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale

a war between factions in the same country

warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy

the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food

a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur

one the four wars between Macedonia and Rome in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, which ended in the defeat of Macedonia and its annexation as a Roman province

tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East

Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt

two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

an engagement fought between two military forces

the act of initiating hostilities

(war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)

the military forces of a nation

one of two or more contesting groups

someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply