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civil war

war between geographical sections or political factions of the same nation
civil war Idioms

the Civil War

the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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