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race war

race war noun: a long-term, violent conflict between racial groups.

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
    • when the race war start n i gotta kill that token white boy oomf2025 October 25, @touhou_nigga, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2025

Forms of race war

pluralrace wars
alternative formrace-war
alternative formracewar

Questions about race war

What does race war mean?
Race war means a long-term, violent conflict between racial groups.
What part of speech is race war?
Race war is a noun.
What is the plural of race war?
The plural of race war is race wars.

Words near race war in the dictionary

  1. race walk
  2. race walker
  3. race walkers
  4. race walking
  5. race walks
  6. race war
  7. race wars
  8. race-
  9. race-bait
  10. race-baited
  11. race-baiter

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