State of conflict (3)
I believe the answer is:
war
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">state of conflict</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for war that I've seen before include "Major conflict" , "Fight" , "Combat" , "series of engagements" , "Sustained conflict" .)