Cold war
Cold war noun - 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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Synonyms for Cold war
Hostilities and cold war are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hostilities" instead a noun phrase "Cold war".
Hostilities
Hostilities noun - Fighting; acts of overt warfare.
Cold war and hostilities are semantically related. You can use "Cold war" instead a noun "Hostilities".
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Related pairs
- hostility and cold war
- hostility and hostilities
- animosity and cold war
- animosity and hostilities
- strike and cold war
- strike and hostilities
- contest and cold war
- contest and hostilities
- struggle and cold war
- struggle and hostilities
- conflict and cold war
- conflict and hostilities
- combat and cold war
- combat and hostilities
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Yellow Peril: Averted and Lampshaded in the Clip Show episode "The Human Factor," about a future Cold War between America and China, in which the latter complain that they are regarded as the bad guys even though the former are usually the ones to initiate hostilities.
Source: Series / The Outer Limits (1995)
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Hostilities and Cold war. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold_war/hostilities
Cold war & Hostilities. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold_war/hostilities>.
Hostilities or Cold war. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold_war/hostilities.
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