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noun a period of time during which there is armed conflict
originEtymology tree English war Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English wartime From war + time.
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