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Vinony

wartime

noun

  1. during a time when war is happening
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Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English war Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English wartime From war + time.

  1. A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

    “But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.”

    “Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances - in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.”