warring

[US]/'wɔːrɪŋ/
[UK]/'wɔrɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. exhibiting hostility or engaged in conflict; characterized by warfare
n. a fight or conflict between opposing forces; a state of armed conflict
v. engaging in warfare (present participle of "war")

Phrases & Collocations

warring factions

warring countries

warring parties

warring states

warring states period

Example Sentences

mediate between two warring countries

a truce between two warring sides

a conference between the warring parties

peace between the warring factions in the area

the Empire devolved into separate warring states.

an arid mountain region peopled by warring clans.

The custom traces to the time of the Warring States.

The warring factions have at last come to terms.

NATO troops are tasked with separating the warring parties.

The two countries have been warring constantly for years.

The discussion centres on a reasonable agreement about 'cease fire' between the two warring parties.

The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress.

She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.

Implied in the failure of Sun Wukong in sanfuing the welkin and his being conferred as Warring and Winning Buddha is the philosophical reflection about the luciferous life course.

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