world war

noun

1. a war that involves most of the principal nations of the world.

Word History and Origins

Origin of world war¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The digital educational site aims to inform users of the history of the contribution of the Muslims who served in the two world wars.

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"And fish and chips have gone through a world war and gone through Covid so I'm sure it will get through this cost of living crisis as well."

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Mrs Caterham was born three years before the Titanic disaster, eight years before the Russian Revolution and lived through two world wars.

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"I had a feeling, I was like, were they behind every world war? Yes. Behind September 11th? Absolutely," she said.

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Despite a brief return following the two world wars, when driven shoots largely ceased, numbers gradually declined again with the last resident golden eagle in England disappearing from the Lake District in 2015.

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