Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history. / Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914. / Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

After the most recent or significant war in a culture's history. / After the end of World War II in 1945.

A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.

Alternative spelling of interwar

(law) A punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian.

(Greek mythology) A mythological decade-long war and siege, ending in the destruction of Troy, which, as described in Homer's Iliad, was waged by a coalition of Achaeans (Greeks) led by King Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen, wife of the Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris, son of the Trojan King Priam.

A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided.

A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.

(Internet) An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute.

opposed to war, or to a specific war