warring
 (a.)相爭的;敵對的


 War, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Warred p. pr. & vb. n. Warring.]
 1. To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
    Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it.   --Isa. vii. 1.
    Why should I war without the walls of Troy?   --Shak.
    Our countrymen were warring on that day!   --Byron.
 2. To contend; to strive violently; to fight.  “Lusts which war against the soul.”


 warring
      See war


 war
      n 1: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of
           people were killed in the war" [syn: warfare]
      2: a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by
         official declaration during which the international rules
         of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual
         fighting did not begin until the following spring" [syn: {state
         of war] [ant: peace]
      3: an active struggle between competing entities; "a price
         war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" [syn: warfare]
      4: a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious;
         "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
      v : make or wage war [ant: make peace]
      [also: warring, warred]


 warring
      adj : engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a
            fighting war" [syn: belligerent, fighting, militant,
             war-ridden]