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Civil War

[siv-uhl wawr] / ˈsɪv əl ˈwɔr /
NOUN
19th century us war
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Around a million Syrian refugees who previously fled the civil war remain in Lebanon.

From Barron's

Spain had just finished beating itself in civil war.

From Salon

Another pressing priority is to create jobs and find homes for the millions displaced during nearly 14 years of civil war, and easing the suffering of those fleeing the latest clashes among communities.

From BBC

The group also visited the headquarters of Central American Resource Center, or CARECEN, a nonprofit established in 1983 by Salvadoran refugees fleeing civil war.

From Los Angeles Times

The fifth partition—in truth, a secession—was that of Pakistan itself in 1971, when East Pakistan became the new nation of Bangladesh after a bloody civil war.

From The Wall Street Journal