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[ pees-tahym ] / ˈpisˌtaɪm /
nouna time or period of peace: a large navy even in peacetime. adjectiveof or for such a period: peacetime uses of atomic energy. Origin of peacetimeFirst recorded in 1545–55; peace + time Words nearby peacetimepeace offering, peace officer, peace pipe, Peace River, peace sign, peacetime, peach, peach bark beetle, peach blossom, peachblow, peachblow glass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for peacetimeGirls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a different sound for you. Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST Nonetheless, FDR drummed up just enough support in the summer of 1940 to institute the first peacetime draft in American history. When America Said No to War|Marc Wortman|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST At the same time, the Allies realized that their fellow wartime ally, the Soviet Union, would soon become their peacetime enemy. America’s Secret Government Program to Hire Nazi War Criminals|Richard Rashke|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST Dying as a civilian in peacetime, with nothing and no one at stake, was an almost comically cruel twist of fate. World War II’s Most Glamorous Spy: Christine Granville|Emma Garman|July 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I suppose that acts of good (when done in peacetime) can be even more selfless than those done in war. Colum McCann Talks New Novel ‘TransAtlantic’ and Narrative4|Phil Klay|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST The death penalty is never a mandatory sentence in peacetime. Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole In peacetime, absolute accountability is required, because dollar economy in operations is a main object. The Armed Forces Officer|U. S. Department of Defense This provision was in line with the concept that the peacetime Army was a cadre to be expanded in time of emergency. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965|Morris J. MacGregor, Jr. At this moment we are in transition from a wartime to a peacetime economy. Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various Bikini in 1946 was the scene of the first peacetime tests of atomic weapons. Atoms, Nature, and Man|Neal O. Hines
British Dictionary definitions for peacetime
noun- a period without war; time of peace
- (as modifier)a peacetime agreement
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