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IRAN-IRAQ WAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Iran-Iraq War mean?
• IRAN-IRAQ WAR (noun)
The noun IRAN-IRAQ WAR has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: IRAN-IRAQ WAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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