• (GA) IPA: /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈwɔːfɛə/

warfare (uncountable)

1. The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Samuel 28:1 ↗:

     The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.

2. Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.

• war

• French: guerre
• German: Kriegsführung
• Russian: война

• French: guerre, combat
• German: Kriegsführung

warfare (warfares, present participle warfaring; past and past participle warfared)

1. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.