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wage war

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wage war vtr + n	(make war: engage in warfare)	estar en guerra loc verb
	After a decade of waging war, even the country's bellicose leaders were beginning to long for peace.
	Después de una década de estar en guerra hasta los líderes belicosos del país empezaban a añorar la paz.
wage war on [sb/sth] v expr	(launch an attack)	hacerle la guerra a loc verb
	The Vikings waged war on coastal villages and monasteries.
wage war on [sth] v expr	figurative (attack) (figurado)	librar una guerra contra loc verb
	Cameron waged war on Brown's new economic policies.
	El Sr. Cameron libró una guerra contra las políticas económicas del Sr. Brown.

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