violent conflict
Bloodshed between groups
Violent conflict is armed struggle between opposing groups—whether nations, factions, or other organized forces.
The term encompasses wars, civil wars, insurgencies, and other sustained hostilities involving physical force: The region has experienced decades of violent conflict.
It often appears in policy and academic contexts as a broader category than "war."
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
- warArmed struggle between groups
- political instabilityFragile governmental conditions
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- proxy warConflict fought through intermediaries
displacement · insurgency · loss of life · civilian casualties · ethnic tension · ethnic cleansing · genocide · war crimes · destruction · terrorism · suicide bombing · rebellion · siege warfare · warlords · trauma · explosives · guerrilla warfare · gang warfare
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Negotiation between nations
mediation · arbitration · dialogue · peace talks · nonviolent resistance
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Freedom from disturbance
harmony · concord · amity · peaceful coexistence · cooperation
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Principled rejection of force
pacifism · passive resistance · calm · civil disobedience · serenity
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