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wartime

[ wawr-tahym ]

noun

  1. a time times or period of war:

    Strict travel regulations apply only in wartime.



adjective

  1. caused by, characteristic of, or occurring during war:

    wartime shortages.

wartime

/ ˈɔːˌٲɪ /

noun

    1. a period or time of war
    2. ( as modifier )

      wartime conditions

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wartime1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; war 1, time
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The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to use a rarely-invoked wartime powers law to rapidly deport alleged gang members - for now.

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It had said initially that these detained men had no rights to appeal because the president had the wartime power under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport “hostile” aliens.

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Two planes carried alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported as “alien enemies” under the terms of a 1798 law that gives the president wartime powers.

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Indeed, it was these major capitalists who reaped the greatest rewards from Germany's early wartime victories.

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He identified nearly 500 people, and gave the Nazi "War Merit Cross" to two of them, who thought they were being rewarded for their wartime service to the German Reich.

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