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A '''[[War]]''' is a large-scale armed conflict and the term is used as a metaphor for non-military conflicts.

'''War''' or '''WAR''' may also refer to:

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==Places==
* [[War, West Virginia]]
* [[War Creek]], a stream in West Virginia
* [[Warwickshire]] county in England, standard code

==Music==

===Performers===
* [[War (band)]], an American 1970s funk band

===Albums===
* [[War (Bolt Thrower album)|''War'' (Bolt Thrower album)]], 2010
* [[War (Born from Pain album)|''War'' (Born from Pain album)]], 2006
* [[War (Demon Hunter album)|''War'' (Demon Hunter album)]], 2019
* [[War (U2 album)|''War'' (U2 album)]], 1983
* War, a cancelled album by [[Kanye West]]
* [[War (War album)|''War'' (War album)]], by the American band
* [[War (2019 soundtrack)|''War'' (2019 soundtrack)]], soundtrack for the 2019 Indian film by Vishal–Shekhar, Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara
* [[The War (album)|''The War'' (album)]], a 2017 album by South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO
* ''[[W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)]]'', by American hip hop artist Pharoahe Monch

===Songs===

* [[The War (Angels & Airwaves song)|"The War" (Angels & Airwaves song)]]
* [[War (Bob Marley song)|"War" (Bob Marley song)]], 1976
* [[War (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)|"War" (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)]], 1998
* [[War (Drake song)|"War" (Drake song)]], 2019
* [[War (Henry Cow song)|"War" (Henry Cow song)]], 1975
* [[War (King Von song)|"War" (King Von song)]], 2022
* [[The War (The New Power Generation song)|"The War" (The New Power Generation song)]]
* [[War (Pop Smoke song)|"War" (Pop Smoke song)]], featuring Lil Tjay, 2019
* [[War (The Temptations song)|"War" (The Temptations song)]], 1970, also covered by Edwin Starr
* "[[The War Song]]", by Culture Club
* "War", by Amorphis from ''[[Halo (Amorphis album)|Halo]]''
* "War", by [[ArrDee]] and Aitch, 2022
* "War", by Bathory from ''[[Bathory (album)|Bathory]]''
* "War", by Burzum from ''[[Burzum (album)|Burzum]]''
* "War", by The Devil Wears Prada from ''[[8:18]]''
* "War", by Devin Townsend from ''[[Infinity (Devin Townsend album)|Infinity]]''
* "WAR!", by DragonForce from ''[[Reaching into Infinity]]''
* "War", by Good Charlotte from ''[[Youth Authority]]''
* "War", by Idles from ''[[Ultra Mono]]''
* "War", by James Horner from ''[[Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture]]''
* "War", by Jay Sean from ''[[All or Nothing (Jay Sean album)|All or Nothing]]''
* "War", by Joe Satriani from ''[[The Extremist]]''
* "The War", a 2020 song by Joyner Lucas from the album ''[[ADHD (Joyner Lucas album)|ADHD]]''
* "War", by Judas Priest from ''[[Nostradamus (album)|Nostradamus]]''
* "The War", a 2016 song by Leeland from the album ''[[Invisible (Leeland album)|Invisible]]''
* "War", by Linkin Park from [[The Hunting Party (album)|''The Hunting Party'']]
* "War", by Meshuggah from ''[[Rare Trax]]''
* "War", by OutKast from ''[[Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]]''
* "War", by Persuader from ''[[The Fiction Maze]]''
* "War", by Poets of the Fall from ''[[Twilight Theater]]''
* "War", by Sean Kingston from ''[[Tomorrow (Sean Kingston album)|Tomorrow]]''
* "War", by Shadows Fall from [[Retribution (Shadows Fall album)|''Retribution'']] (uses same lyrics as Bob Marley's song "War")
* "War?", by System of a Down from  ''[[System of a Down (album)|System of a Down]]''
* "War", by Goo Goo Dolls from ''[[Chaos in Bloom]]''
* "War", by [[Venom Inc.]], 2017
* "War", by War of Ages from ''[[Dominion (War of Ages album)|Dominion]]''
* "War", by Wumpscut from ''[[Embryodead]]''
* "War!", by [[Zach Callison]] from ''A Picture Perfect Hollywood Heartbreak''
* "Street Fighter (War)", by Sick Puppies from ''[[Tri-Polar (album)|Tri-Polar]]''; used in commercials for the game ''Street Fighter IV''

==Computing==
* Write after read, a data dependency [[Hazard (computer architecture)#Write after read (WAR)|hazard]]
* [[WAR (file format)]] (''Web application ARchive''), a file format used to package Java applications
* early versions of [[Decwar]], a pioneering multi-user computer game
* [[War dialing]], the act of detecting online, modem-accessible systems by having a computer dial a set of numbers
* [[Wardriving]], the act of detecting wireless networking systems detecting by driving around with a Wi-Fi-equipped device
* [[Warchalking]], notices drawn to alert people to the presence of Wi-Fi networks

==Organizations==
* [[White Aryan Resistance]], an Indiana neo-Nazi white supremacist organization
* Wyatt Archaeological Research, an organization founded by amateur archaeologist [[Ron Wyatt]]
* [[Voina]] (meaning "War" in Russian), a Moscow-based performance artist collective
* [[Women Against Registry]], a sex offender law reform organization
* [[De WAR]], a Dutch centre for arts and citizen science in Amersfoort

==Wrestling==
* [[WAR (wrestling promotion)]], a Japanese professional wrestling promotion known as Wrestle Association R
* [[Wrestling Academy Rorbas]], a Swiss professional wrestling promotion
* [[W.A.R. Wrestling]], an American independent wrestling promotion

==Games==
* [[War (card game)]], a two player card game typically using Anglo-American playing card deck
* a Brazilian variation of the board game [[Risk (game)|''Risk'']]
* ''[[WARS Trading Card Game]]'' by Decipher
* [[Wars (series)|''Wars'' (series)]], a Nintendo video game series
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]'', a 2008 MMO video game
* ''[[W.A.R.]]'', a 1986 video game

== Film ==
* [[War film]], a genre of film
===Films===
* ''[[The Wars]]'', a 1983 Canadian historical drama film  based on the 1977 novel by Timothy Findley
* [[The War (1994 film)|''The War'' (1994 film)]], a 1994 film starring Elijah Wood and Kevin Costner
* [[War (2002 film)|''War'' (2002 film)]], a 2002 Russian film about the Second Chechen War
* [[War (2007 film)|''War'' (2007 film)]], a 2007 Jet Li and Jason Statham film
* ''[[War, Inc.]]'', a 2008 American political satire film
* [[War (2014 film)|''War'' (2014 film)]], a 2014 Swiss film
* [[War (2019 film)|''War'' (2019 film)]], an Indian action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand, part of the ''YRF Spy Universe''

==Television==
===Episodes===
* "War" [[21 Thunder#ep6|''21 Thunder'' episode 6]] (2017)
* "War", [[List of Æon Flux episodes#ep11|''Æon Flux'' season 2, episode 5]] (1992)
* "War", [[Amazon (1999 TV series)#ep10|''Amazon'' episode 10]] (1999)
* "War", [[Between (TV series)#ep6|''Between'' season 1, episode 6]] (2015)
* "War", [[List of Charles in Charge episodes#ep24|''Charles in Charge'' season 1, episode 4]] (1984)
* "War", [[List of Da Ali G Show episodes#ep8|''Da Ali G Show'' season 2, episode 2]] (2003)
* "War", [[Dark Ages (TV series)#Episodes|''Dark Ages'' episode 3]] (1999)
* "War" [[List of Desire episodes#ep27|''Desire'' episode 27]] (2006)
* "War!", [[Diplomatic Immunity (New Zealand TV series)#ep5|''Diplomatic Immunity'' episode 5]] (2009)
* "War", [[Fubar Age of Computer#ep6|''Fubar Age of Computer'' episode 6]] (2017)
* "War", [[List of Garo: Gold Storm Sho episodes#ep16|''Garo: Gold Storm Sho'' episode 16]] (2015)
* "War", [[List of Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono episodes#ep18|''Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono'' episode 18]] (2013)
* "War", [[Hap and Leonard (TV series)#ep5|''Hap and Leonard'' season 1, episode 5]] (2016)
* "War", [[Heartburn Hotel#ep4|''Heartburn Hotel'' series 1, episode 4]] (1998)
* "War", [[Hey Dude#ep65|''Hey Dude'' season 5, episode 13]] (1991)
* "War", [[List of La Femme Nikita episodes#ep17|''La Femme Nikita'' season 1, episode 17]] (1997)
* "War", [[Lights Out (2011 TV series)#ep13|''Lights Out'' (2011) episode 13]] (2011)
* "War", [[Mary & George#ep7|''Mary & George'' episode 7]] (2024)
* "War", [[Max Headroom (TV series)#ep5|''Max Headroom'' season 1, episode 5]] (1987)
* "War", [[List of Not Going Out episodes#ep85|''Not Going Out'' series 11, episode 5]] (2021)
* "War", [[Once Upon a Time in Iraq#ep1|''Once Upon a Time in Iraq'' episode 1]] (2020)
* "War", [[List of Prisoners of Gravity episodes#ep426606|''Prisoners of Gravity'' season 3, episode 6]] (1991)
* "War", [[Private Practice season 3#ep52|''Private Practice'' season 3, episode 21]] (2010)
* "War", [[Special Squad (Australian TV series)#ep16|''Special Squad'' episode 16]] (1984)
* "War", [[Squid Game: The Challenge#ep3|''Squid Game: The Challenge'' episode 3]] (2023)
* "War", [[Suits season 2#ep28|''Suits'' season 2, episode 16]] (2013)
* "War", [[Super Pumped (TV series)#ep3|''Super Pumped'' episode 3]] (2022)
* "War", [[List of The Comic Strip Presents... episodes#ep2|''The Comic Strip Presents...'' series 1, episode 2]] (1983)
* "War", [[The Crown season 4#ep40|''The Crown'' season 4, episode 10]] (2020)
* "War", [[The Last Czars#ep4|''The Last Czars'' episode 4]] (2019)
* "War", [[List of Unreal episodes#ep11|''Unreal'' season 1, episode 1]] (2016)
* "War", [[List of You Can't Do That on Television episodes#ep77|''You Can't Do That on Television'' season 5, episode 24]] (1985)
* "War", [[List of Young Justice episodes#ep41|''Young Justice'' season 2, episode 15]] (2013)
* "The War", [[A Dance to the Music of Time (TV series) #ep3|''A Dance to the Music of Time'' episode 3]] (1997)
* "The War", [[Alien Encounters (TV series)#Season 3|''Alien Encounters'' season 3, episode 5]] (2014)
* "The War", [[Boy Meets World season 7#ep150|''Boy Meets World'' season 7, episode 15]] (2000)
* "The War", [[Crime Story (American TV series)#ep6|''Crime Story'' season 1, episode 6]] (1986)
* "The War", [[Fright Krewe#ep10|''Fright Krewe'' season 1, episode 10]] (2023)
* "The War", [[Ideal (TV series)#Series 4 (2008)|''Ideal'' season 4, episode 5]] (2008)
* "The War", [[Koose Munisamy Veerappan (TV series)#ep3|''Koose Munisamy Veerappan'' episode 3]] (2023)
* "The War", [[List of Tales of Zestiria the X episodes#ep12|''Tales of Zestiria the X'' season 1, episode 11]] (2016)

===Shows===
* [[War (miniseries)|''War'' (miniseries)]], a 1983 Canadian television miniseries
* [[The War (miniseries)|''The War'' (miniseries)]], a 2007 television documentary about World War II by Ken Burns
* ''[[The Chaser's War on Everything]]'' or simply ''The War'', an Australian television comedy series

== Literature ==
=== Fiction ===
* ''War'' ({{lang|fr|Guerre}}), a 1934 novel by [[Louis Ferdinand Céline]]
* ''[[:fr:La Guerre (roman)|War]]'' ({{lang|fr|La Guerre}}), a 1970 novel by [[J. M. G. Le Clézio]]
* ''War'', a 1994 play by [[Dennis Foon]]
* [[War (novel)|''War'' (novel)]], a 1996 novel by Simon Hawke; the third installment in the ''Birthright'' series
* ''War'', a 1999 novel by [[Peter Lerangis]]; the fourth installment in the ''Watchers'' series
* ''[[List of Alien vs. Predator novels#Aliens vs. Predator: War (1999)|Aliens vs. Predator: War]]'', a 1999 novel based on ''Alien vs. Predator'' by S. D. Perry; the third installment in ''The Machiko Noguchi Saga''
* ''[[List of works by Harold Pinter#Anthologies and other collections|War]]'', a 2003 collection of poems by Harold Pinter
* ''War: Stories of Conflict'', a 2005 short story anthology edited by [[Michael Morpurgo]]
* ''Sparrowhawk Six: War'', a 2006 novel by [[Edward Cline]]; the sixth installment in the ''Sparrowhawk'' series
* ''[[Roald Dahl bibliography#Short story collections|War: Tales of Conflict and Strife]]'', a 2017 short story collection by Roald Dahl
* ''War: A Novel of the House War'', a 2019 novel by [[Michelle West]]; the eighth installment in ''The House War'' series
* ''The War'', a 1983 novel by [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]]; the fourth installment in the ''Blackwater'' series
* ''[[The Wars]]'', a 1977 novel by Timothy Findley
=== Non-fiction ===
* ''War — What For?'', a 1910 book by [[George Ross Kirkpatrick]]
* ''War, the Creator'', a 1915 magazine essay and 1916 book by [[Gelett Burgess]]
* ''War: Its Conduct and Legal Results'', a 1915 book by T. Baty and [[J. H. Morgan]]
* ''War, This War and the Sermon on the Mount'', a 1915 book by [[Burnett Hillman Streeter]] concerning World War I
* ''War: Its Nature, Cause and Cure'', a 1923 book by [[G. Lowes Dickinson]]
* ''War: Its Causes, Consequences and Cure'', a 1923 book by [[Kirby Page]]
* [[War (Junger book)|''War'' (Junger book)]], a 2010 book by Sebastian Junger about Afghanistan
* [[War (Woodward book)|''War'' (Woodward book)]], a 2024 book by Bob Woodward
* ''The War: Speech of Hon. E.C. Benedict, in the Assembly of the State of New York, April 6, 1864'', an 1864 work by [[Erastus C. Benedict]]
* ''The War: What Should Be Said About It in the Schools?'', a 1914 book by [[Fannie Fern Andrews]]
* ''[[:fr:La Douleur|The War: A Memoir]]'' ({{lang|fr|La Douleur}}), a 1985 memoir by [[Marguerite Duras]]
* ''[[War, Literature & the Arts]]'', an American military literary magazine in publication since 1989
=== Comics ===
* [[War comics]], a genre of comics
* [[War (Marvel Comics)]], several Marvel Comics characters
* ''War'', a 1975–1984 ongoing series published by [[Charlton Comics]]
* [[The War (comics)|''The War'' (comics)]], a 1989 Marvel Comics limited series

== Visual arts ==
* [[War (Böcklin painting)|''War'' (Böcklin painting)]], two 1896 oil paintings by Arnold Böcklin
* [[The War (Dix engravings)|''The War'' (Dix engravings)]], a 1924 series of etchings by Otto Dix
* [[The War (Dix triptych)|''The War'' (Dix triptych)]], a 1932 oil painting by Otto Dix
* [[War (Rego painting)|''War'' (Rego painting)]], a 2003 pastel on paper by Paula Rego

==Other uses==
* [[The War (boxing)]], a 1985 bout between Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns
* [[War language]], spoken in the Indian subcontinent
* [[Waray language]] in the Philippines
* [[Winchester Automatic Rifle]]
* [[Wins Above Replacement]], a sabermetric baseball statistic
* War, one of the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]
* War, a legendary character from the myth of founding of the city of Warsaw; see [[Wars and Sawa]]

== See also ==
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* [[Civil War (disambiguation)]]
* [[Cold War (disambiguation)]]
* [[Great War (disambiguation)]]
* [[World War (disambiguation)]]

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