prewar
prewar
Definition
pre·war (prē′wôr′)
adjective
before a (or the) war
prewar
Synonyms
prewar
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- intelligence: Once again, I was proven correct by the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission report on prewar intelligence.
- population: About one-quarter of the prewar working population was employed as of late 1995.
- level: Only occasionally, he said, has electricity reached prewar levels.
- period: Cases of tuberculosis among children in Kiel, in the British zone, increased by 70 per cent over the prewar period.
- day: Think of the lethargy of the nation in not addressing itself i n prewar days to deal with its peril!
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