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GULF WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf War mean? 

GULF WAR (noun)
  The noun GULF WAR has 2 senses:

1. a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991play

2. a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolutionplay

  Familiarity information: GULF WAR used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GULF WAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Gulf War; Persian Gulf War

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

Meronyms (parts of "Gulf War"):

Operation Desert Storm (the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991))


Sense 2

Meaning:

A dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Gulf War; Iran-Iraq War

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)


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