Definition of “world war” - English Dictionary

“world war” in English

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uk /ˌwɜːld ˈwɔːr/ us /ˌwɝːld ˈwɔːr/

› a war in which large forces from many countries fight

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For example, 75 percent of Portuguese people said they were scared of world war, while only 28 percent of Finnish people felt the same.

(Definition of “world war” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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