cold war
noun [C]Definition
› a state of extreme unfriendliness existing between countries, especially with opposing political systems, which expresses itself not through fighting but through political pressure and threats. The expression is usually used of the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union after the Second World War.International politics and government
(Definition of cold war noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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