Meaning of total war | Babel Free
Definitions
Warfare where all of a country's available resources, military as well as civilian, are employed.
countable, uncountable
Equivalents
العربية
الحَرْب الشَّامِلَة
Čeština
totální válka
Deutsch
totaler Krieg
Español
guerra total
Français
guerre totale
Bahasa Indonesia
perang total
Italiano
guerra totale
한국어
총력전
Nederlands
totale oorlog
Português
guerra total
Русский
тотальная война
Examples
“In the course of its crisis the young French Republic discovered or invented total war: the total mobilization of a nation's resources through conscription, rationing and a rigidly controlled war economy, and virtual abolition, at home or abroad, of the distinction between soldiers and civilians.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.