prewar

[ pree-wawr ]
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adjective
  1. before the war: prewar prices.

Origin of prewar

1
First recorded in 1905–10; pre- + war1

Words Nearby prewar

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How to use prewar in a sentence

  • If prewar scary movies had consisted primarily of stories of regular people battling internal monsters, postwar horror was consumed with community, with concern for society in the wake of new technological threats.

    The horror century | Aja Romano | October 25, 2021 | Vox
  • Throughout prewar Hollywood, it was the subject of an onslaught of beloved horror films, many produced by Universal Studios and played by celebrity character actors such as Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney Sr.

    The horror century | Aja Romano | October 25, 2021 | Vox
  • The Indo-Pacific region today, say these two noted analysts in Foreign Affairs earlier this year, “feels like prewar Europe—drifting out of balance, its order fraying, with no obvious coalition.”

  • The price of chicken dropped precipitously, making it much more ubiquitous than it was in the prewar era.

  • These mirrors were of glass and cost about $1,000 at prewar prices.

  • There was considerable similarity in form, though not in performance, between the Mayfly and the prewar Zeppelin.

    A History of Aeronautics | E. Charles Vivian
  • But the Government was careful not to subject them to the hazards and isolation which the ordinary, prewar settler had to face.

  • The result of all this was a big decline in trade between Western and Eastern Europe, as compared with prewar years.

    East-West Trade Trends | Harold E. Stassen
  • The controls apply to a small percentage of the types of goods which made up East-West trade in the prewar years or in 1948.

    East-West Trade Trends | Harold E. Stassen

British Dictionary definitions for prewar

prewar

/ (ˌpriːˈwɔː, ˈpriːˌwɔː) /


adjective
  1. of or occurring in the period before a war, esp before World War I or II

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