civil war

Frequency: 9.080.5 per million words

A war between citizens of the same country.

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Examples (10)

  • He fears the violence could spark a civil war.
  • The country had just emerged from the horrors of civil war.
  • The nation was plunged into a devastating civil war.
  • Historians often debate the causes of the American Civil War.
  • Many families were torn apart during the brutal civil war.
  • International efforts were made to prevent a full-scale civil war.
  • The region has been plagued by civil war for decades.
  • A fragile peace treaty ended the long-standing civil war.
  • The museum exhibits artifacts from the country's civil war era.
  • The refugees fled their homes to escape the escalating civil war.