peacetime
[pees-tahym]
- of or for such a period: peacetime uses of atomic energy.
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Origin of peacetime
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Contemporary Examples
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a different sound for you.
Nonetheless, FDR drummed up just enough support in the summer of 1940 to institute the first peacetime draft in American history.
At the same time, the Allies realized that their fellow wartime ally, the Soviet Union, would soon become their peacetime enemy.
Dying as a civilian in peacetime, with nothing and no one at stake, was an almost comically cruel twist of fate.
I suppose that acts of good (when done in peacetime) can be even more selfless than those done in war.
Historical Examples
Meanwhile, it is a relief to hear that the move is going on just like peacetime.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2Ian Hamilton
Troops who are not fired upon will fire with nearly peacetime accuracy.
Manual of Military TrainingJames A. Moss
Bikini in 1946 was the scene of the first peacetime tests of atomic weapons.
Atoms, Nature, and ManNeal O. Hines
If ever you visited London in peacetime you must remember the place I mean.
Eating in Two or Three LanguagesIrvin S. Cobb
The national income in 1946 was higher than in any peacetime year.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman
peacetime
- a period without war; time of peace
- (as modifier)a peacetime agreement
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Word Origin and History for peacetime
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