as in war
a a state or period of fighting between groups of people in the same country
a region that has had many civil wars
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Recent Examples of civil war
The rebels overthrew Bashar al-Assad in December, ending a nearly 14-year civil war that had left half a million people dead.
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Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
As Myanmar’s civil war enters its fifth year next month, the conflict has claimed more than 50,000 lives, including several thousand civilians.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
Picture show Sudan's devastating civil war entered its third year this week.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
Samuelsson was torn from Ethiopia in 1974, a two-year-old boy in the center of a civil war, sickened by a tuberculosis epidemic.
—Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
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Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
As Myanmar’s civil war enters its fifth year next month, the conflict has claimed more than 50,000 lives, including several thousand civilians.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
Picture show Sudan's devastating civil war entered its third year this week.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
Samuelsson was torn from Ethiopia in 1974, a two-year-old boy in the center of a civil war, sickened by a tuberculosis epidemic.
—Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil war
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But his rebuke of Trump's policies answered one of Wall Street's biggest questions of this weekend: Would Buffett weigh in on the trade war and its massive disruptions?—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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Trial judge rejected arguments about war service At the time of Hutchinson's trial, psychiatrist William Baumzweiger found that Hutchinson's form of mental illness could result in unconscious fits of rage, the Tampa Bay Times reported.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Many analysts believe Washington and Beijing are already locked into a new cold war.—
German Lopez,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The new cold war is being waged unremittingly in multiple domains.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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Two world wars emphasized the president’s commander-in-chief role, removing constraints on his power.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Stock’s dominance in growing wealth relative to other investments was achieved through world wars, trade wars, severe economic downturns, financial crises, and pandemics.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the first fifteen months of the conflict, Israel’s behavior, specifically in refusing to allow sufficient amounts of aid into Gaza, drew international condemnation.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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Despite some conflicts over the direction the church should take, most experts don't expect the conclave to stretch beyond a few days.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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While Tedesco calls for a holy war in response to the attack, Benitez takes a different approach, declaring that violence should not be met with more violence.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.—
Rozina Ali,
The New York Review of Books,
31 Oct. 2024
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Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in a limited war since last October, but Israeli forces have significantly escalated the scope of their attacks since the beginning of September in an attempt to force Hezbollah to stop its attacks on northern Israel.—
Mike Brest,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
30 Sep. 2024
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Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in a limited war since last October, but Israeli forces have significantly escalated the scope of their attacks since the beginning of September in an attempt to force Hezbollah to stop its attacks on northern Israel.—
Mike Brest,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
30 Sep. 2024
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“Civil war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20war. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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