operation desert storm

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   the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)

   Broaderoperation

   Part ofPersian Gulf War

   Middle East

Questions about operation desert storm

What does operation desert storm mean?

operation desert storm means "the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)".

Is operation desert storm a common word?

operation desert storm 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.