war effort

noun

: all that is being done to win a war
He wanted to contribute in some way to the war effort.

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Xi has long sought to portray China as a potential peace broker in the conflict, even as the US and its allies have accused Beijing of propping up the Russian war effort with the export of dual-use goods, which Beijing denies. Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025 Joe Biden approved finally arrive in Ukraine, there could be a long gap in U.S. support for Kyiv’s war effort. David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 Western analysts have noted that schisms within the Kremlin's upper echelons are increasingly catching international attention as the grinding war effort in Ukraine drags on. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 The machine was deemed unnecessary for the German war effort and never used for everyday calculations. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for war effort 

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“War effort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20effort. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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