wartime

[ wawr-tahym ]

noun

1. a time times or period of war:

   Strict travel regulations apply only in wartime.

adjective

1. caused by, characteristic of, or occurring during war:

   wartime shortages.

wartime

/ ˈwɔːˌtaɪm /

noun

1. 1. a period or time of war
   2. ( as modifier )

      wartime conditions

Word History and Origins

Origin of wartime¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; war ¹, time

Example Sentences

It can affect societies as a whole after a communal trauma like wartime or pandemic.

From Time

Understanding the convergence of Lincoln and Douglass is essential for understanding slavery’s wartime demise.

From Washington Post

In wartime, he believed, patriots supported the president, whether they’d voted for him.

From Washington Post

Butterfield said that as her father aged, he continued to experience impaired balance, likely caused by the wartime injury to his feet.

From Washington Post

It may not be a Spitfire’s Merlin V12, but its design definitely descends from the know-how that built Merlins in wartime.

From Popular-Science

This is not lost on their commander, Rama (Shani Klein), an aspiring military careerist who looks down on frivolity in wartime.

From The Daily Beast

As his later wartime record would show, Jackson was extremely competent in the many skills required of a commanding general.

From The Daily Beast

It would inject a threat of accountability into power, and upend the impunity wartime leaders had operated under for years.

From The Daily Beast

Schwend denied any current counterfeiting activity, but divulged his wartime role to the Peruvians.

From The Daily Beast

Wartime shortages, coupled with imperfections, limited the production of British currency.

From The Daily Beast

The wartime pressing needs of the industrial enterprises have caused the barriers to be removed.

From Project Gutenberg

In Wallace's latest story a wartime setting is given to the fascinating Labrador stage.

From Project Gutenberg

In wartime, bars are let down, no one can look with disfavor on the factories making the weapons.

From Project Gutenberg

The Germans can do what they like in wartime, and these were some of the things they liked.

From Project Gutenberg

Life in wartime in a country where the war is consists largely in getting used to things that are abnormal and unusual.

From Project Gutenberg