yom kippur war

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   Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt

   SynonymsArab-Israeli War

   Broaderwar

   Middle East

Questions about yom kippur war

What does yom kippur war mean?

yom kippur war means "Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt".

What is another word for yom kippur war?

Close synonyms include Arab-Israeli 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 yom kippur war a common word?

yom kippur 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.