war time

Era of fighting

Wartime is the period during which a war is being fought, as opposed to peacetime.

It often implies special conditions—rationing, mobilization, expanded government powers: wartime restrictions on travel, a wartime economy.

Also spelled as two words: war time.

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insurgency · frontline · skirmish · propaganda · evacuation · artillery · bomb shelter · rationing · black market · PTSD · censorship · scarcity · home front · combat · treaty · V-E Day · curfew · victory garden

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conflict status

war timepeacetime

Absence of armed conflict

peace time · peace · armistice · postwar · post-war period

social atmosphere

war timepeacetime

Absence of armed conflict

golden age · tranquility · normalcy · stability · abundance

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