total warn.

Brit.

/ˌtəʊtl ˈwɔː/, U.S.

/ˌtoʊd(ə)l ˈwɔr/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: total adj., war n.¹

Etymology: < total adj. + war n.¹, after German totaler Krieg, der totale Krieg (1935 in the text translated in quot. 1936).

War which is unrestricted in terms of the resources or personnel employed, the territory or nations involved, or the objectives pursued; esp. war in which civilians are perceived as combatants and therefore as legitimate targets. Also: an instance of this. Cf. people's war n. (b) at people n. Compounds 3b, limited war n. at limited adj. and n. Compounds.

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society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > total war

people's war1857

total war1936

1936 tr. E. F. W. Ludendorff (title) The ‘total’ war [Ger. Der Totale Krieg].

1937 W. L. Shirer Berlin Diary (1941) 86 Total war means the complete and final disappearance of the vanquished from the stage of history!

1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 86 This is all that anyone talks about, thought Ambrose; jobs and the kind of war it is going to be..people's war, total war.

1964 Illustr. London News 11 Jan. 49/3 A nation cannot afford the luxury of two total wars, and yet retain its old way of life.

1980 R. Moody Devil you Don't iv. 45 In the fight against Hitler, we progressed to the concept of Total War, no quarter given, no humanity expected, victory at any price.

2000 Independent 3 Mar. (Friday Review section) 4/7 Western society—shocked, pounded, bombed and holocausted—was changed forever by the realities of total war.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	total war
释义	total warn. Brit. /ˌtəʊtl ˈwɔː/, U.S. /ˌtoʊd(ə)l ˈwɔr/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: total adj., war n.¹ Etymology: < total adj. + war n.¹, after German totaler Krieg, der totale Krieg (1935 in the text translated in quot. 1936). War which is unrestricted in terms of the resources or personnel employed, the territory or nations involved, or the objectives pursued; esp. war in which civilians are perceived as combatants and therefore as legitimate targets. Also: an instance of this. Cf. people's war n. (b) at people n. Compounds 3b, limited war n. at limited adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > total war people's war1857 total war1936 1936 tr. E. F. W. Ludendorff (title) The ‘total’ war [Ger. Der Totale Krieg]. 1937 W. L. Shirer Berlin Diary (1941) 86 Total war means the complete and final disappearance of the vanquished from the stage of history! 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 86 This is all that anyone talks about, thought Ambrose; jobs and the kind of war it is going to be..people's war, total war. 1964 Illustr. London News 11 Jan. 49/3 A nation cannot afford the luxury of two total wars, and yet retain its old way of life. 1980 R. Moody Devil you Don't iv. 45 In the fight against Hitler, we progressed to the concept of Total War, no quarter given, no humanity expected, victory at any price. 2000 Independent 3 Mar. (Friday Review section) 4/7 Western society—shocked, pounded, bombed and holocausted—was changed forever by the realities of total war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936
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