wartime

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US /ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/
noun Freq #17206

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

    But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.

  2. 2
    noun

    a period of time during which there is armed conflict

Etymology

From war + time.

Thesaurus

Opposites
peacetime

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