Gulf War

noun

1. a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.

Gulf War

noun

1. the war (1991) between US-led UN forces and Iraq, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

2. See Iran-Iraq War

Example Sentences

In 1989, President George Bush appointed him secretary of defense, and from his perch in the Pentagon he oversaw controversial military operations in Panama and the Gulf War.

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Bush, Cheney also presided over the sweeping first Gulf War victory.

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During the Gulf War, his diplomatic efforts ensured Arab support and Israeli restraint, and his international appeals raised $52 billion to cover its costs.

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But the biggest challenge was the Gulf War, in which a U.S.-led coalition defeated Iraq after that nation had invaded its neighbor Kuwait.

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President George H. W. Bush made him defence secretary during the first Gulf War and the US invasion of Panama.

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