Cold War Definition

noun
A conflict between nations that act with hostility toward one another but do not engage in direct warfare.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
A state of rivalry and tension between two factions, groups, or individuals that stops short of open, violent confrontation.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
pronoun
The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, 1945–91.
Wiktionary

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cold War

  • the Cold War

Cold War Sentence Examples

  • During the 1980s, people were menaced by double-digit inflation, trade union power and the Cold War.

  • A secret nuclear bunker dating back to the Cold War.

  • It took a long protracted Cold War to defeat communism, a war against enemies who sought to overpower a way of life.

  • This fuel network supplied all the major bomber airfields during the cold war.

  • The films here barely conceal the cold war politik behind them.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to cold war using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

CCOCOL

Words Ending With

RARWAR

Unscrambles

cold war

Words Starting With C and Ending With R

Starts With C & Ends With RStarts With CO & Ends With RStarts With C & Ends With AR

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With C8 Letter Words Ending With R