iran-iraq war

1. 1.

   a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution

   SynonymsGulf War

   Broaderwar

Questions about iran-iraq war

What does iran-iraq war mean?

iran-iraq war means "a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution".

What is another word for iran-iraq war?

Close synonyms include Gulf War. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is iran-iraq war a common word?

iran-iraq war is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.