World War III

noun

1. a hypothetical world war of the future, often conceived as a nuclear war resulting in the total destruction of the human race.

Example Sentences

It sent a message the opposite of: Let’s appease Russia to avoid World War III.

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Continuing with the toughness theme, Cronin compared playing Arizona to “World War III,” “a bloodbath” and a fight that would let his players know how they measure up against another heavyweight team.

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“It’s f— World War III out there,” says Gilberto Martinez Jr. as he skateboards while holding on to a car partway through Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed crime drama “One Battle After Another,” about a group of revolutionaries being hunted by the U.S. government.

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The goal was to prepare Americans for the outbreak of World War III. Planners wrote out realistic scenarios for the alerts—in this case, one twenty-megaton bomb detonated above LaGuardia Airport.

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With the rise of the Super, the U.S. government had begun spending billions of dollars trying to figure out how the country could emerge from the ashes of World War III. The best solution, leaders decided: move underground.

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What is World War III?

World War III or World War Three (WW3) is a hypothetical, catastrophic global conflict.