LIMITED WAR Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

limited war

noun

Definition of limited war

as in cold war

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Recent Examples of limited war In this scenario, which may already be coming to fruition, the meager hope is that the conflict transforms into simply a more limited war. — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024 Many scholars panned the book, believing its 34-year-old author had overestimated the nation’s ability to keep limited war limited. — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023 And as always, there’s no guarantee that a limited war would stay limited. — Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

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Noun

The Saudis, then mired in a regional cold war with Iran, viewed the Houthis as an Iranian proxy force that threatened the kingdom’s borders.

— Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
During Wallace and Shakur’s own rift, Knight and Combs’ own cold war simmered and ran even hotter than many initially believed.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of cold war

Noun

But it was established in 1945 to avoid the staggering human and financial costs of another world war.

— Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Born in 1946, in a country recovering from a civil war and a world war, Rodríguez entered a life marked by poverty in the southern Spanish village of Añora.

— Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of world war

Noun

The oil-rich Abyei region’s status was left unresolved by a 2005 peace agreement that ended decades of civil war and remained unsettled when South Sudan became independent in 2011.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Yemen first plunged into civil war in 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of northern Yemen and forced the government into exile.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of civil war

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