单词 | war to end war |
释义 | > as lemmaswar to end (all) war(s) d. war to end (all) war(s): a war regarded as making subsequent wars unnecessary or unthinkable; spec. the First World War (1914–18).Used from the outset with varying degrees of conviction, but later often ironically or in disproof. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > calamitous war war to end (all) war(s)1914 1914 H. G. Wells (title) The war that will end war.] 1914 Washington Post 26 Nov. 4/2 The allies shall be held to their slogan that this is a war to end war. 1915 Life 15 July 109/3 If ever there was a war to end wars this is it. 1929 Rotarian Nov. 43/1 The terrible bloodshed, misery and suffering caused by the World War—the war to end all war—finally was stopped. 1967 W. Lippman in W. Safire New Lang. Politics (1968) 480/2 Each of the wars to end wars has set the stage for the next war. 1998 B. Day in N. Coward Compl. Lyrics 25/2 The early part of the period included the end of the War to End Wars, so it's not surprising to find the young Noël referring to it. 2012 R. E. Williams in E. Patterson Ethics beyond War’s End v. 87 Far from a war to end all wars, the typical civil war in the post-1945 period has been a war to ensure more wars. < as lemmas |
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