cold war
noun/ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː(r)/
/ˌkəʊld ˈwɔːr/
[singular, uncountable] (often Cold War)
- a relationship between two countries who are not friendly but are not actually fighting each other, usually used about the situation between the US and the Soviet Union after the Second World WarTopics War and conflictc1
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