English Explanatory Dictionary

total war

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Warfare where all of a country's available resources, military as well as civilian, are employed.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

total war total wars

Etymology

Calque of German totaler Krieg, coined by Erich Ludendorff.

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