Civil War Definition

noun
War between geographical sections or political factions of the same nation.
Webster's New World
The war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865.
American Heritage
The war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists from 1642 to 1648.
American Heritage
A state of hostility or conflict between elements within an organization.
American Heritage
pronoun
Any of several civil wars, taken specifically.
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Other Word Forms of Civil War

Noun

Singular:
civil war
Plural:
civil-wars

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Civil War

  • the Civil War

Origin of Civil War

  • Capitalization of civil war.

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Civil War Sentence Examples

  • The Civil War was over thirty-odd years before this was written.

  • Reminiscent of the Civil War fifty years ago, only the PMF is being blamed.

  • Brady's arm of the militia, the Appalachia Branch, stretched from northern Georgia up through Virginia and was one of the largest in the PMF, the only thing good to come of the East-West Civil War.

  • If we don't act, the country will be split by civil war.

  • The Eastern Command Center had served as the headquarters for the Eastern armies during the East-West Civil War.

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