Synonyms for cold war
cold war

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1. cold warnoun

   a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare

   Antonyms:
   hot war

2. Cold Warnoun

   a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States

   Antonyms:
   hot war

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1. President Obama:

   The Cold War has been over for a long time, and I'm not interested in having battles frankly that started before I was born.

2. Andy Kim:

   A lot of my colleagues, especially on the select committee, use rhetoric like, ‘This is a new Cold War,’ first of all, it’s not true: The Soviet Union was a very different competitor than China. And it’s framed in a very zero-sum way … It’s very much being talked about as if their entire way of life is incompatible with ours and cannot coexist with ours, and that heightens the tension.

3. Thomas Massie:

   Even if NATO were relevant and had a place in a post-Cold War era, it wouldn’t make sense to include smaller countries that really don’t benefit us in a mutual defense agreement.

4. Marco Sassoli:

   The Geneva Conventions were adopted in 1949 when it was already the Cold War. The Soviet Union was represented by Stalin. And we were able to adopt treaties for international armed conflicts.

5. Dana Rohrabacher:

   We started arguing about who won the Cold War. And so we decided to settle it like men do when they've had too much to drink in the pub. So we got to these arm wrestling matches, and I ended up being paired off with Putin, he's a little guy, but boy, I'll tell ya. He put me down in a millisecond ! He is tough. His muscles are just unbelievable.