civil war

Speech parts

1. civil war - Noun

2. Civil war - Proper noun

Meaning

a war between factions in the same country

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

internal conflict civil strife domestic conflict civil conflict internal war war of secession American Civil War war revolution insurrection conflict revolt rebellion uprising hostility
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Antonyms

harmony social order external conflict social harmony order in society public peace
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Hypernyms

war warfare

Examples

In beloved Iraq, blood is flowing between brothers, in the shadow of an illegitimate foreign occupation, and abhorrent sectarianism threatens a civil war. Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

[S]tatism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power -- to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. ... Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production. Ayn Rand

This combat between proletariat and plutocracy is, after all, itself a civil war. Two inferiorities struggle for the privilege of polluting the world. H. L. Mencken

The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later. Corrine Brown

Parlette spoke slowly and evenly. "I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could kill half the people in this world." Larry Niven

We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left. Ian Paisley

Close letter words and terms

civil unrest civil vessels civil violation civil warrant civil work civil works