ward, warred

Ward or ward means a minor who has been placed under the care of an adult or the state--
He will be a ward of the state until he is eighteen years old.
If anything happens to her, the child will beome her sister's ward.
Ward may also be one of the political departments of a city--
If you live in the 7th Ward, your councilman is Mr. Smith.
This voters in this ward are nearly all registered Democrats.
Ward may also be one of the divisions of a hospital--
He will be in the psychiatric ward until Monday.
Ward may mean the act of guarding or keeping watch--
The "watch and ward" societies were something like the neighborhood watches of today.

Warred or warred ( rhymes with ward ) is the past tense of the verb ( acion word ) "war", meaning to engage in hostilities; to fight--
This ancient civilization often warred against its neighbors.
He warred against political corruption for more than forty years.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The councilman from the 8th Ward warred with the councilman from the 6th Ward over property tax reassessment."