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cold war

hostility and sharp conflict as in diplomacy and economics between states, without actual warfare
cold war Idioms

the Cold War

the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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