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war to end all wars

proper noun the war to end all wars · war to end all war

dated Epithet for World War I. The fact is there are still a lot of wars going on in the world, and there is no general acceptance as yet that the ‘war to end all wars’ is really over.
Similar: 14-18, European War, First World War, Great War, (The) War in Europe, World War

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@misc{war_to_end_all_wars_2026,
  title = {war to end all wars},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/war%20to%20end%20all%20wars},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}