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wartime

[ wawr-tahym ]

noun

  1. a time times or period of war:

    Strict travel regulations apply only in wartime.



adjective

  1. caused by, characteristic of, or occurring during war:

    wartime shortages.

wartime

/ ˈwɔːˌtaɪm /

noun

    1. a period or time of war
    2. ( as modifier )

      wartime conditions



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Word History and Origins

Origin of wartime1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; war 1, time

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Example Sentences

This is not lost on their commander, Rama (Shani Klein), an aspiring military careerist who looks down on frivolity in wartime.

As his later wartime record would show, Jackson was extremely competent in the many skills required of a commanding general.

It would inject a threat of accountability into power, and upend the impunity wartime leaders had operated under for years.

Schwend denied any current counterfeiting activity, but divulged his wartime role to the Peruvians.

Wartime shortages, coupled with imperfections, limited the production of British currency.

The wartime pressing needs of the industrial enterprises have caused the barriers to be removed.

In Wallace's latest story a wartime setting is given to the fascinating Labrador stage.

In wartime, bars are let down, no one can look with disfavor on the factories making the weapons.

The Germans can do what they like in wartime, and these were some of the things they liked.

Life in wartime in a country where the war is consists largely in getting used to things that are abnormal and unusual.

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