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Meaning of civil war | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.
  2. Any of several civil wars, taken specifically.

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Examples

“Our Father’s Death Would fill up all the Guilt of Civil War, And cloſe the Scene of Blood.”
“At about the time the salarians and asari were forming the Council, the turians were embroiled in a bitter civil war. The Unification War, as it was later named, began with hostilities between the colonies furthest from the turian homeworld, Palaven.”
“The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶”
“Civil war is now casually discussed on cable TV shows in between ads for haemorrhoid creams and car insurance.”
“Puritans had always been only a minority, albeit one with disproportionate influence. The Civil War of the 1640s, which culminated in the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the establishment of a republic, gave them supreme power.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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