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{
"term": "warfare",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the activity of fighting a war, especially using particular weapons or methods",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**air/naval/guerrilla warfare**"
},
{
"text": "countries engaged in warfare"
},
{
"text": "The rebels waged guerrilla warfare against the army."
},
{
"text": "warfare against other tribes"
},
{
"text": "The fighting quickly turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare."
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["open", "conventional", "modern"],
"verb + warfare": ["conduct", "engage in", "wage"],
"preposition": ["warfare against", "warfare between"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the activity of competing in an aggressive way with another group, company, etc.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**gang warfare**"
},
{
"text": "The debate soon degenerated into open warfare."
},
{
"text": "warfare between gangs"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["open", "conventional", "modern"],
"verb + warfare": ["conduct", "engage in", "wage"],
"preposition": ["warfare against", "warfare between"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɔːfeə(r)/",
"audio": "wa/warfare/warfare__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɔːrfer/",
"audio": "wa/warfare/warfare__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}