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- Dictionaryciv·il war/ˌsivil ˈwôr/
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- 1. a war between citizens of the same country: "they signed a peace accord ending the country's 12-year civil war"
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A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. The term is a calque of Latin bellum civile which was used to refer to the various civil wars of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. Most modern civil wars involve inter... Wikipedia