the Second World Warnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌsek.ənd ˌwɜːld ˈwɔːr/us/ˌsek.ənd ˌwɝːld ˈwɔːr/also World War Two, World War II, written abbreviation WWIIthe war from 1939 to 1945 in which many countries fought
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War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- concord
- crusade
- hostile
- militarism
- militarist
- pacific
- peacekeeping
- phoney war
- pro-war
- scorched-earth policy
- the Great War
- war clouds are gathering idiom
- war-torn
- warfare
- warlike
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Examples from literature
- After the Second World War, people in Japan were hungry.
- After the Second World War, the Japanese emphasis on quality and precision helped to create strong, dynamic industries, innovating in many areas.
- Soviet soldiers wore these warm fur hats through the Second World War, or World War II.