cold war

The definition of cold war is hostility between areas, states or nations without physical fighting.

(noun)

An example of a cold war was the relationship between the USA and the USSR after World War II.

See cold war in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

See cold war in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

often Cold War A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war, especially that which existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II.
A state of rivalry and tension between two factions, groups, or individuals that stops short of open, violent confrontation.

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