Award stripped for opposition to peace (3)

I believe the answer is:

war

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'opposition to peace' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'award stripped' is the wordplay.
'stripped' says to take the centre (outside letters removed).
The middle letters of 'award' are 'WAR'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for war that I've seen before include "Fight" , "Large-scale conflict" , "Combat" , "Strife" , "series of engagements" .)

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