wartime

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wartime

  • /ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/

noun wartimes · war time

  1. attributive, countable, often, uncountable A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place. But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.

Opposite: peacetime

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Closest in meaning: warfare, war, fighting, guerra, guerre, wars, conflict, hostilities, combat, belligerency, campaign, siege, engagement, battle, martial, military

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Opposite: peacetime

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noun period of a war

Españoltiempo de guerra, tiempos bélicos, tiempo guerrero, tiempos belicosos, tiempo pugnaz
한국어전시 jeonsi
日本語戦時 senji
中文戰時 /战时 zhànshí
हिन्दीयुद्ध-काल yuddh-kāl
Portuguêstempo de guerra
Françaistemps de guerre
DeutschKriegszeit
Italianotempo di guerra
Românăvreme de război
Русскийвое́нное вре́мя vojénnoje vrémja, вре́мя войны́ vrémja vojný
Tiếng Việtthời chiến
العربيةزَمَن الْحَرْب zaman al-ḥarb, وَقْت الْحَرْب waqt al-ḥarb

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@misc{wartime_2026,
  title = {wartime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wartime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}