wartime
[wawr-tahym]
- caused by, characteristic of, or occurring during war: wartime shortages.
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Origin of wartime
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Contemporary Examples
This is not lost on their commander, Rama (Shani Klein), an aspiring military careerist who looks down on frivolity in wartime.
Schwend denied any current counterfeiting activity, but divulged his wartime role to the Peruvians.
Wartime shortages, coupled with imperfections, limited the production of British currency.
His waffling on apologizing to Korean women who were sex workers in wartime Japan has enraged many.
Bletchley Park has been restored at a cost of $13.6 million, the buildings returned to their wartime appearance.
Historical Examples
The bottom of the gorge had all the appearance of a wartime camp.
Slaves of MercuryNat Schachner
Happy the Battalion which for a while at least in wartime has no history.
The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.)Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell
If to forgive be good in times of peace, it is evil in wartime.
The Book of the DamnedCharles Fort
True, that was wartime, and the challenge was apparent to all concerned.
The Armed Forces OfficerU. S. Department of Defense
The Germans can do what they like in wartime, and these were some of the things they liked.
In the Line of BattleVarious
wartime
- a period or time of war
- (as modifier)wartime conditions
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