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Examples of hot war in a Sentence
fortunately, the cool relationship between the two nations never escalated into a hot war
Recent Examples on the Web
Lukewarm statements that pretend as if there is no cold war perversely court a hot war.
—Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
And thanks in part to policies instituted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—whom Trump backed—a hot war has broken out in the Middle East.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024
And after a hot war gave way to the Cold War, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and Chinese leader Mao Zedong negotiated a Sino-Soviet alliance that linked the two communist giants in their fight against the capitalist world.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
Under the rigors of a live, hot war, commercial products break down.
—Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
Russia’s war economy is looking pretty Soviet Russia’s hot war with Ukraine—which is boosting the former’s economy—is having some chilly callbacks to the Soviet Union’s longstanding detente with the United States, namely that state military spending is crowding out other forms of economic growth.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
There were tensions with China and hot wars in the broader Middle East against the Taliban and the Islamic State, known as ISIS, but the situation is far more dire today.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
California’s central role in producing weaponry and training military personnel continued after the war because the United States soon found itself in a cold war with the Soviet Union, one aspect of which was a hot war in Korea and later another conflict in Southeast Asia.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
This will require hard tradeoffs, but a hot war that directly involves U.S. forces will be far more expensive; protecting American national security and lives through effective deterrence is worth the sacrifice of lesser domestic priorities.
—Daniel Twining, National Review, 23 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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“Hot war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20war. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
hot war
noun
: a conflict involving actual fighting
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