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Meanings of perpetual war in English

Portuguese
guerra perpétua
Catalan
guerra perpètua
Spanish
guerra eterna

Lasting state of war with no clear ending conditions.

        guerra perpétua
        Usage of perpetual war in English
        1
        There are enough sectarian organisations in Pakistan to wage perpetual war.
        The Guardian
        2
        This perpetual war or struggle implies the desire to injure.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        3
        Moreover, this kind of more or less perpetual war goes on amongst savage peoples.
        More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 / A Record of His Work...
        4
        Where possession has no stability, there must be perpetual war.
        A Treatise of Human Nature
        5
        He's for big government, big debt and perpetual war.
        The Guardian
        6
        A perpetual war is kindled amongst all living creatures.
        Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
        7
        We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war.
        Ebony
        8
        The rivers of South America swarm with alligators, and these wage perpetual war with the jaguars.
        Forest and Frontiers; Or, Adventures Among the Indians
        9
        The rivers of South America swarm with crocodiles, and these wage perpetual war with the jaguars.
        The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 18...
        10
        The latter wages perpetual war against the former.
        The Young Llanero: A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
        11
        This must be what perpetual war looks like.
        Reuters
        12
        Arcot wondered what sort of conflict had lasted so long that cities were designed for perpetual war.
        Islands of Space
        13
        Some dangerous and malignant animals are said (in sober earnest) to wear a perpetual war paint.
        The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
        14
        No line but one of blood, of military despotisms, and perpetual war, can ever separate this great valley.
        The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 / Devoted To...
        15
        In a perpetual war with my senses, I triumph over the attractions of the world or I contemn them.
        Literary Character of Men of Genius / Drawn from Their Own Feeli...
        16
        Peoples and tribes which had been at perpetual war among themselves or with some neighbour were reduced to quietude.
        Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
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