each of the three wars between the Romans and Carthaginians waged between 264 and 146 b.c.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other specific war (33) Punic War1556 each of the three wars between the Romans and Carthaginians waged between 264 and 146 b.c. Vandal war1613 Of or pertaining to the Vandals (or a Vandal). American Civil War1775 †(a) the American War of Independence (1775–83) (obsolete); (b) the war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the eleven seceding… Seven Years War1775 (with the) a war (1756–63) in which Britain, Prussia, and Hanover contended against Austria, France, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and Spain. Revolutionary Wara1784 the War of Independence (1775–83) fought by the American colonies against British rule; cf. American Revolution n. at American, n. adj.compounds… Peninsular war1811 spec. (usually with capital initial). Of or belonging to the Iberian peninsula, comprising Spain and Portugal; spec. (frequently in Peninsular war)… Great War1815 The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792–1815. Mormon war1833 any of several armed conflicts involving Mormon forces; spec. that between Utah Mormons and the U.S. army sent to establish federal rule in 1857–8. opium war1841 a war fought over the opium trade; spec. that waged by Britain against China (1839–42) following China's attempt to prohibit the importation of… the Thirty Years' War1841 In particularized sense: A contest between armed forces carried on in a campaign or series of campaigns. the Thirty Years' War1842 Phrases. the Thirty (Tyrants): the thirty magistrates imposed by Sparta upon the Athenians at the end of the Peloponnesian war (403 b.c.). the Thirty… Mexican War1846 the war of 1846–8 between the United States and Mexico. Napoleonic War1850 any or all of a series of campaigns against European powers carried out by French armies under Napoleon I between 1800 and 1815, culminating in his… Crimean War1854 the war (1853–6), fought principally on the Crimean Peninsula, between the Russian Empire and an alliance of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, and… Hundred Years War1874 The cardinal numeral equal to ten tens, or five score; represented by the symbols 100 or c. the intermittent war between England and France from 1337… Balkan war1881 a military conflict taking place in or involving the states of the Balkans; spec. (frequently with capital initials) either of two wars in the… Boer War1883 the South African war (1899–1902) between the two Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State, and Great Britain and her colonies; cf. Anglo… Winter War1939 the war between the U.S.S.R. and Finland in 1939–40. Six Day War1967 an Arab—Israeli war that lasted from 5 to 10 June 1967. Yom Kippur War1973 an Arab-Israeli war that began on Yom Kippur on 6 October 1973 and ended in the same month. Gulf War1981 a military conflict involving states bordering the Persian Gulf, spec.: (a) the war of 1980–9 between Iran and Iraq; (b) the war between Iraq and… Falklands conflict1982 Used attributively. Also Falkland. Falklands conflict, Falklands war, the war between Britain and Argentina, April–June 1982, for control of the… Subcategories:— First World War (6) — Second World War (5) |
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