Usually means: Global conflict involving multiple nations.
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  1. world war: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. world war: Merriam-Webster
  3. world war: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. world war: Vocabulary.com
  5. world-war: Wordnik
  6. world war: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. World War, world-war, world war: Wiktionary
  8. world war: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. world war: Dictionary.com
  10. world war: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. World War, World war: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. world war: Rhymezone
  13. world war: FreeDictionary.org
  14. world war: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. world war: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. world war: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (World War)

▸ noun:  A war involving the major nations of the world.
▸ noun:  (dated) World War I

Similar:
issue, world power, world, superwarhead, dreadnought, warpower, super warhead, world capital, superstorm, macroproblem, more...

Phrases:
World War II, World War I, Second World War, First World War, World War 1, more...
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Similar:
issue, world power, world, superwarhead, dreadnought, warpower, super warhead, world capital, superstorm, macroproblem, more...

Phrases:
World War II, World War I, Second World War, First World War, World War 1, World War 2, the second world war, World War III, World War One, World War Two, the first world war, 1st world war, 2nd world war, more...



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