World-war Definition

noun
Alternative spelling of world war.
Wiktionary
A war involving the major nations of the world.
"Armageddon, that world war with which the Second Coming is to be so closely associated." (Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow 1921, ix.)
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Noun

Singular:
world-war
Plural:
world-wars

Origin of World-war

  • A calque of German Weltkrieg (from 1904), English since 1909.

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World-war Sentence Examples

  • We had world war three over it.

  • Alder's Bridge was re-named Brockville, after the first soldier fatality of World War Two!

  • There was the customary group of tourists with names like Bud and Ethel and Elmer and Clara— names not assigned to anyone born after World War II.

  • Fred, I know you're an old geezer, but Roosevelt died during World War Two.

  • In 1916 they were barred from circulation in Canada " because of garbled despatches " concerning the World War.

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Words Starting With

WWOWOR

Words Ending With

RARWAR

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Words Starting With W and Ending With R

Starts With W & Ends With RStarts With WO & Ends With RStarts With W & Ends With AR

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With W9 Letter Words Ending With R