civil warnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌsɪv.əl ˈwɔːr/us/ˌsɪv.əl ˈwɔːr/a war fought by different groups of people living in the same country:
The Spanish Civil War lasted from 1936 to 1939.
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Social order & disorder
- anarchic
- anarchism
- anarchist
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- mayhem
- organized chaos
- pandemonium
- strife
- tinderbox
- turbulence
- turbulent
- turmoil
- unrest
- upheaval
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