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world war

noun as in great war

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As Sutton shows in his book, the important shift took place gradually, from the end of the Civil War until World War II.

My father was in an intelligence unit for the U.S. Navy, as he had been in World War II.

The Chief who went through World War I and then managed to get back into World War II.

World War II is still a long way off, but the seeds of conflict are already being sown on the continent.

In particular, it applies to immigrants who lost their U.S. citizenship after their involvement in World War II was discovered.

In recent days it has been again devastated by the great world war, as its gaunt ruins mutely tell.

(i) There was a substantial increase in juvenile delinquency during the Second World War.

Moreover, they would never forget the friendly attitude America had shown them in this terrible world war.

But Germany did not see how to make this promise and still meet her two formidable enemies, and thus a world-war began.

It was our weighing time in the balance of the world war, and we proved ourselves not wanting.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to world war, such as: global war, major war, and war of the nations.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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