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Meaning of total war | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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

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.

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