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cold war

–noun

1.	intense economic, political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, short of military conflict; sustained hostile political policies and an atmosphere of strain between opposed countries.

2.	a continuing state of resentful antagonism between two parties short of open hostility or violence.

3.	(initial capital letters) rivalry after World War II between the Soviet Union and its satellites and the democratic countries of the Western world, under the leadership of the United States.

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cold war
n.

often Cold War A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war, especially that which existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II.
A state of rivalry and tension between two factions, groups, or individuals that stops short of open, violent confrontation.

cold warrior n.

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cold war
noun
1.	a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare [ant: hot war]
2.	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

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cold war

a major, especially political, struggle between nations which involves military threats but not fighting

Arabic:	حَرْبُ بارِدَه
Chinese (Simplified):	冷战
Chinese (Traditional):	冷戰
Czech:	studená válka
Danish:	kold krig
Dutch:	koude oorlog
Estonian:	külm sõda
Finnish:	kylmä sota
French:	guerre froide
German:	Kalter Krieg
Greek:	ψυχρός πόλεμος
Hungarian:	hidegháború
Icelandic:	kalt stríð
Indonesian:	perang dingin
Italian:	guerra fredda*

Japanese:	冷戦
Latvian:	aukstais karš
Lithuanian:	šaltasis karas
Norwegian:	kald krig
Polish:	zimna wojna
Portuguese (Brazil):	guerra fria
Portuguese (Portugal):	guerra fria
Romanian:	război rece
Russian:	холодная война
Slovak:	studená vojna
Slovenian:	hladna vojna
Spanish:	guerra fría
Swedish:	kallt krig
Turkish:	soğuk harp

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
cold war

A constant nonviolent state of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States. The cold war began shortly after World War II, with the rapid extension of Soviet influence over eastern Europe and North Korea. With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the cold war ended. (See Berlin airlift, Berlin wall, and Iron Curtain.)