world war
war involving most of the major powers of the world (i.e. WWI, WWII) | ||||
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World war Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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world war
Noun
1. a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
(hypernym) war, warfare
(hyponym) World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
Noun
1. a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
(hypernym) war, warfare
(hyponym) World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
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world war
world war
n : a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
world war
n
1. a war between the allies (australia belgium bolivia brazil canada china colombia costa-rico cuba czechoslovakia dominican-republic el-salvador ethiopia greece guatemala haiti honduras india iran iraq luxembourg mexico netherlands new-zealand nicaragua norway panama philippines poland south-africa united-kingdom us ussr yugoslavia) and the axis (albania bulgaria finland germany hungary italy japan rumania slovakia thailand) from 1939 to 1945 [syn: world war ii, world war , second world war ]
2. a war between the allies (russia france british-empire italy us japan rumania serbia belgium greece portugal montenegro) and the central powers (germany austria-hungary turkey bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 [syn: world war i , world war , great war, first world war, war to end war ]
world war
n : a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
world war
n
1. a war between the allies (australia belgium bolivia brazil canada china colombia costa-rico cuba czechoslovakia dominican-republic el-salvador ethiopia greece guatemala haiti honduras india iran iraq luxembourg mexico netherlands new-zealand nicaragua norway panama philippines poland south-africa united-kingdom us ussr yugoslavia) and the axis (albania bulgaria finland germany hungary italy japan rumania slovakia thailand) from 1939 to 1945 [syn: world war ii, world war , second world war ]
2. a war between the allies (russia france british-empire italy us japan rumania serbia belgium greece portugal montenegro) and the central powers (germany austria-hungary turkey bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 [syn: world war i , world war , great war, first world war, war to end war ]
World war Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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World war
A world war is a war affecting the majority of the world's major nations. World wars usually span multiple continents, and are devastating.
The term has usually been applied to two conflicts of unprecedented scale and slaughter that occurred during the 20th century. They were the First World War, also known as the Great War (1914–1918) and the Second World War (1939–1945).
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