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Meanings of prewar in English

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preguerra

Existing or belonging to a time before a war.

        preguerra

        Belonging to or pertaining to the period before a war.

              Usage of prewar in English
              1
              Power sources vary, but it's usually a prewar Chrysler or Ford flathead.
              Wired
              2
              Late on the 28th, the enemy crossed the prewar border into Italy.
              The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
              3
              He took us to a prewar house on the outskirts of town.
              The Book of Life
              4
              They're actually reducing their fleet to very nearly its prewar size, Eloise.
              War Of Honor
              5
              A largely static, stifled prewar population had scattered to the four winds.
              Wired
              6
              She wasn't a pauper, as so many prewar planters were these days.
              American empire: blood and iron
              7
              Doc notices the prewar mitral valve and the good old right ventricle.
              The new yorker
              8
              In the prewar years, a circle formed around Diana's great-grandmother, the Viscountess.
              Warlord: an alex hawke novel
              9
              Most of the stars of the prewar German films are still around.
              The new yorker
              10
              Something like a prewar Humber with a luggage carrier might suit me.
              The ginger man
              11
              Now what was a prewar mailman doing with a gadget like that?
              The Postman
              12
              Under prewar agreements, Great Britain was committed to provide France with military aid.
              The gun
              13
              Most communities dropped prewar currency soon after the food center riots.
              The Postman
              14
              You couldn't ask for a more ideal image of a prewar tropical paradise.
              World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
              15
              In normal, prewar conditions, the road would be littered with corpses.
              World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
              16
              The prewar border of south Tyrol was maintained, nullifying Garibaldi's efforts.
              The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
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              preguerra
              Prewar through the time
              Prewar across language varieties
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