war between the citizens or inhabitants of a single country, state, or community; an instance of this; (also figurative); cf. sense A. 1.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > civil war > specific (8) civil war1712 war between the citizens or inhabitants of a single country, state, or community; an instance of this; (also figurative); cf. sense A. 1. the troubles1786 the troubles, the Troubles. Any of various rebellions, civil wars, and periods of conflict in Ireland, spec. in 1919–23 and (in Northern Ireland)… English Civil War1794 the war fought in England from 1642 to 1648 between Parliamentarian and Royalist forces; cf. civil war n. at civil, adj. n.adv. compounds 2. Wars of the Roses1809 English History. A white or red rose, or representation of this, adopted as the badge or emblem of the rival Houses of (respectively) York and… the late unpleasantness1866 euphemistic. Originally U.S. Warfare; a war. Usually with modifying word, esp. in the late unpleasantness, originally with reference to the… War between the States1867 In particularized sense: A contest between armed forces carried on in a campaign or series of campaigns. Spanish Civil War1936 the civil war in Spain (1936–9), espoused on both sides as a popular ‘cause’ throughout Europe and America, in which Nationalist rebel forces… Spanish War1937 = Spanish Civil War n. above. |
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