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war to end all wars

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the war to end all wars

  1. (dated) Epithet for World War I. [20th c.]
    Synonyms: 14-18, (Canada, US, obsolete, 1910s) European War, First World War, Great War, (Canada, US, obsolete, 1910s) (The) War in Europe, (dated) World War
    • 1920 February 9, “World Leadership Lost, says Baker”, in New York Times, page 3:
      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.
    • 1990 March, Alexander S. Cochran Jr., “‘Remarkably Clear Picture’ of WWII’s Complexities”, in Army[1], volume 40, number 3, Association of the U.S. Army, page 59:
      In contrast to its predecessor (the so-called war to end all wars), the 1939–1945 conflict was truly global in conduct, encompassing continents and hemispheres, and its political impact on the conduct of world affairs was and remains momentous.

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