"microwar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microwars [plural]
Etymology: From micro- (“pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism”) + war. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|war|id1=micronationalism|t1=pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism}} micro- (“pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism”) + war Head templates: {{en-noun}} microwar (plural microwars)
  1. (micronationalism, informal, rare) Micronational warfare. Tags: informal, rare Categories (topical): Micronationalism

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2018 June 15, USE_Sar, Twitter:",
          "text": "Paradisia officially decided to be neutral on this \"religious micro-war\" due to both sides having fair points and equal freedom to believe what they want. - Daniel , second crown of Paradisia (voted for neutral by PM kate and PM Joshua)",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 20, u/DarkLuke2005, “MicroWiki@Discord”, in r/micronations, Reddit:",
          "text": "Why the hell is the MicroWiki@Discord link here? We do not want reddit microwars crawling their way to here, for all the mods of r/micronations please take it down.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 18, Ccparabellum1917, “How do you do Micronational Wars”, in r/micronations, Reddit:",
          "text": "Well, I'm no expert (obviously, and I don't want to know), but if your microwar were to occur (lets hope never), it would probably go down to Nerf or something harmless",
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          "ref": "2018 June 15, USE_Sar, Twitter:",
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