war effort
noun
: all that is being done to win a war
He wanted to contribute in some way to the war effort.
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Similarly, by analogy, becoming an anti-war conscientious objector does not wash one’s hands of all complicity; even paying taxes abets the war effort.
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Jishnu Guha-Majumdar, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images The announcement of the weapons sale also came weeks after Netanyahu doubled down on his claims that the U.S. had been withholding weapons deliveries for Israel's war effort in Gaza, despite the Biden administration denying the claim.
—CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024
Benjamin got out of Paris before the Nazi invasion in 1940 and encouraged Victory and William to join him in London to aid the war effort.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Putin’s war effort, meanwhile, has been funded in significant part by Indian purchases of Russian oil products, which have increased almost 20-fold since 2021.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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Jishnu Guha-Majumdar, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images The announcement of the weapons sale also came weeks after Netanyahu doubled down on his claims that the U.S. had been withholding weapons deliveries for Israel's war effort in Gaza, despite the Biden administration denying the claim.
—CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024
Benjamin got out of Paris before the Nazi invasion in 1940 and encouraged Victory and William to join him in London to aid the war effort.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Putin’s war effort, meanwhile, has been funded in significant part by Indian purchases of Russian oil products, which have increased almost 20-fold since 2021.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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“War effort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20effort. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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