cold war
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cold war (uncountable)
- A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided.
- 1945, George Orwell, "You and the Atom Bomb", Tribune, 19 October 1945; reprinted in Orwell, Sonia Orwell, and Ian Angus, George Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose (1946–1950), David R. Godine (2000), ISBN ISBN 1567921361, page 9,
- … in a state which was at once unconquerable and in a permanent state of "cold war" with its neighbours.
- 1945, George Orwell, "You and the Atom Bomb", Tribune, 19 October 1945; reprinted in Orwell, Sonia Orwell, and Ian Angus, George Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose (1946–1950), David R. Godine (2000), ISBN ISBN 1567921361, page 9,
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a period of hostile relations
