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Noun: cold war  kówld wor
  1. A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war
    "The Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union lasted for decades"
Noun: Cold War
  1. A state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States

Derived forms: cold wars

Type of: antagonism, enmity, hostility

Antonym: hot war

Encyclopedia: Cold war

Cold War, Bibliography