: a war engaged in by all or most of the principal nations of the world
especially, capitalized both Ws: either of two such wars of the first half of the 20th century
Example Sentences
He fought in both World Wars. The nations were prepared for world war.
Recent Examples on the WebThose twin bookends of national crisis -- world war and global pandemic -- speak to the scope and meaning of the Queen's longevity. Laura Beers, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 Billionaire George Soros warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rattled Europe and could be the start of another world war. Brian Chappatta, Fortune, 24 May 2022 Yet now, under the cloud of a new world war, Barr’s lucid celebration of the art that Hitler was trying to erase somehow electrified the city. Hugh Eakin, The Atlantic, 12 July 2022 Then 'let go' Rapid-fire news reports about higher gas and food prices or talk of a potential world war are unnerving. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 27 June 2022 What came after—a world war and the 1950s—was a more sober, nose-to-the-grindstone economic era. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 25 May 2022 Now played by Mads Mikkelsen (without addressing the switch) in a more grounded, less cartoonishly menacing vein, Grindelwald is determined to instigate a world war at roughly the same time that a certain Nazi was elected chancellor of Germany. Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022 Instead, Western leaders talk about the reinvigoration of the institutions designed in the aftermath of the last world war to ensure a new one did not begin. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2022 Two years of coping with the pandemic, followed by what may become a world war, have changed our outlook on life and work. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022 See More