several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) | the waging of armed conflict against an enemy |
an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) | a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious |
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | an active struggle between competing entities |
a race between candidates for elective office | a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply |