anti-war

adjective

an·ti-war ˌan-tē-ˈwȯr

ˌan-tī-

variants or antiwar

: opposed to war

anti-war demonstrations

antiwar activists

Examples of anti-war in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Thousands of anti-war protesters descended on Chicago for the August 1968 Democratic National Convention (DNC), railing against the party’s nominee Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who stood by President Lyndon B. Johnson’s moves to escalate the war. —

Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 July 2024 A number of prominent anti-war figures have been sentenced and convicted since February 2022, under vague new laws that punish what the Kremlin deems to be fake news about its military. —

Lauren Kent, CNN, 16 July 2024 Civil rights groups decry police, university response to protests The wave of anti-war protests on college campuses began at Columbia University on April 17 as students pitched the first tents on South Lawn. —

Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024 China's vigilant government censors have scrubbed anti-war criticism of Moscow from Chinese social-media platforms, and Ukraine says Chinese components have been found in Russian military tech such as drones. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for anti-war

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