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race-war

race-war is the alternative form of race war.

Meaning of race war

Noun

race war (countable and uncountable, plural race wars)

  1. A long-term, violent conflict between racial groups.
    • Racism courses through Donald Trump’s blood and is one of the foundational principles of his presidency. Which is why, when faced with one of the greatest uprisings against police brutality this nation has seen, a movement led by black people around the country and joined by all other people of...2020 June 2, David S. Cohen, “Donald Trump Is Trying to Start a Race War”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2020

Forms of race-war

pluralrace-wars

Questions about race-war

What is race-war the alternative form of?
Race-war is the alternative form of race war.

Words near race-war in the dictionary

  1. race-mixing
  2. race-monger
  3. race-mongers
  4. race-norming
  5. race-walk
  6. race-war
  7. race-wars
  8. raceable
  9. raceabout
  10. raceabouts
  11. racebend

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