waged
v.v. to start and continue a war or a long fight against something. You use this when talking about serious struggles like battles or political campaigns.
v. to carry on or engage in a conflict, such as a war or a campaign. Transitive; requires a direct object, typically 'war', 'campaign', or 'battle'.
The two countries waged war for many years.
The local community waged a successful campaign to prevent the park from being turned into a parking lot.
Throughout the nineteenth century, various factions waged a relentless struggle for control over the region's natural resources, leading to a series of protracted and costly skirmishes.
The verb is transitive and almost exclusively collocated with 'war', 'campaign', 'struggle', or 'battle'.
They waged against the lawThey waged a war against the lawWaged is transitive and requires a direct object (like 'war' or 'campaign') before the prepositional phrase.