civil war
civil war
Definition
civil war
the Civil War
the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
civil war
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- provoke: But it is seldom realized that the US and Britain have largely provoked the civil war now that is raging across central Iraq.
- prevent: The last excuse for the occupation was that at least it prevented civil war, but this it very visibly is not doing.
- threaten: Sure of Moscow and the CP de Gaulle threatened civil war.
- avoid: In Burma and Nigeria today, civil resistance offers the one slim hope of avoiding all-out civil war and new killing fields.
Adjective modifier
- brutal: Millions of guns from all over the world ended up in Mozambique during its brutal civil war.
- all-out: In Burma and Nigeria today, civil resistance offers the one slim hope of avoiding all-out civil war and new killing fields.
- Afghan: The Afghan civil war will continue into the foreseeable future, leaving the country fragmented and unstable.
- violent: Overseas wars rarely touched British shores; even violent civil wars passed most civilians by unless they were very unlucky.
- open: But there is no doubt that the possibility of episodes of violence, verging on open civil war is more likely.
Preposition: in
- part: Civil wars in parts of the empire further weakened the rule of Rome and respect for Roman law dwindled as a result.
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