ˌcivil ˈwar BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
a war in which opposing groups of people from the same country fight each other in order to gain political control:
the Spanish Civil War
ˌcivil ˈwar BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
a war in which opposing groups of people from the same country fight each other in order to gain political control:
the Spanish Civil War
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012