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ante-war
ante-war adj.
Brit. 
/ˌantᵻˈwɔː/
, /ˌantᵻˈwɔː/U.S. /ˌæn(t)əˈwɔr/
= antebellum adj.; cf. pre-war adj./ˌæn(t)əˈwɔr/ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > pre- or post-war
antebellum1826
postbellum1841
post-war1853
ante-war1857
after-war1871
inter-war1939
between-war1941
1857 Bradford Observer 19 Feb. It is the intention of her Majesty's present ministers..to return to the ante-war average as soon as possible.
1875 Chicago Tribune 25 Aug. 4/2 The talk..of issuing more greenbacks is a mere mask in order to effect the abolition of the National Banks—to make room for the restoration of the red-dog and wild-cat currency of the ante-War days.
1942 J. A. Galston tr. A. Seghers 7th Cross (2004) 385 The orchestra played a tune with which they were familiar and which recalled fond antewar memories.
2004 R. Uwechue Refl. Nigerian Civil War viii. 116 Certain..measures..seem to me totally unavoidable. 1. Restoration of the ante-war constitutional status quo by the suppression of the twelve-state decree, [etc.].
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