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Definition of post-war adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

post-war

adjective
 
 
/ˌpəʊst ˈwɔː(r)/
 
/ˌpəʊst ˈwɔːr/
[usually before noun]
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  1. existing, happening or made in the period after a war, especially the Second World War
    • the post-war years
    • in post-war Europe
    • post-war reconstruction
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPost-war is used with these nouns:
    • austerity
    • boom
    • decade
    • …
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