Nazi Definition–noun | 1. | a member of the National Socialist German Workers' party of Germany, which in 1933, under Adolf Hitler, seized political control of the country, suppressing all opposition and establishing a dictatorship over all cultural, economic, and political activities of the people, and promulgated belief in the supremacy of Hitler as Führer, aggressive anti-Semitism, the natural supremacy of the German people, and the establishment of Germany by superior force as a dominant world power. The party was officially abolished in 1945 at the conclusion of World War II. | | 2. | (often lowercase ) a person elsewhere who holds similar views. | | 3. | Sometimes Offensive. (often lowercase) a person who is fanatically dedicated to or seeks to control a specified activity, practice, etc.: a j
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azz nazi who disdains other forms of music; tobacco nazis trying to ban smoking. | –adjective | 4. | of or pertaining to the Nazis. | |
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World Definition–noun | 1. | the earth or globe, considered as a planet. | | 2. | (often initial capital letter) a particular division of the earth: the Western world. | | 3. | the earth or a part of it, with its inhabitants, affairs, etc., during a particular period: the ancient world. | | 4. | humankind; the human race; humanity: The world must eliminate war and poverty. | | 5. | the public generally: The whole world knows it. | | 6. | the class of persons devoted to the affairs, interests, or pursuits of this life: The world worships success. | | 7. | a particular class of people, with common interests, aims, etc.: the fashionable world. | | 8. | any sphere, realm, or domain, with all pertaining to it: a child's world; the world of dreams; the insect world. | | 9. | everything that exists; the universe; the macrocosm. | | 10. | any complex whole conceived as resembling the universe: the world of the microcosm. | | 11. | one of the three general groupings of physical nature: animal world; mineral world; vegetable world. | | 12. | any period, state, or sphere of existence: this world; the world to come. | | 13. | Often, worlds. a great deal: That vacation was worlds of fun. | | 14. | any indefinitely great expanse. | | 15. | any heavenly body: the starry worlds. | —Idioms | 16. | bring into the world, | a. | to give birth to; bear: My grandmother brought nine children into the world. | | b. | to deliver (a baby): the doctor brought many children into the world. | | | 17. | come into the world, to be born: Her first child came into the world in June. | | 18. | for all the world, | a. | for any consideration, however great: She wouldn't come to visit us for all the world. | | b. | in every respect; precisely: You look for all the world like my Aunt Mary. | | | 19. | in the world, | a. | at all; ever: I never in the world would have believed such an obvious lie. | | b. | from among all possibilities: Where in the world did you find that hat? | | | 20. | on top of the world. top 1 (def. 46). | | 21. | out of this or the world, exceptional; fine: The chef prepared a roast duck that was out of this world. | | 22. | set the world on fire, to achieve great fame and success: He didn't seem to be the type to set the world on fire. | | 23. | think the world of, to like or admire greatly: His coworkers think the world of him. | | 24. | world without end, for all eternity; for always. | |
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War Definition–noun | 1. | a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air. | | 2. | a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations: The two nations were at war with each other. | 3. | a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns: the War of 1812. | | 4. | active hostility or contention; conflict; contest: a war of words. | | 5. | aggressive business conflict, as through severe price cutting in the same industry or any other means of undermining competitors: a fare war among airlines; a trade war between nations. | | 6. | a struggle: a war for men's minds; a war against poverty. | | 7. | armed fighting, as a science, profession, activity, or art; methods or principles of waging armed conflict: War is the soldier's business. | | 8. | Cards. | a. | a game for two or more persons, played with a 52-card pack evenly divided between the players, in which each player turns up one card at a time with the higher card taking the lower, and in which, when both turned up cards match, each player lays one card face down and turns up another, the player with the higher card of the second
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turn taking all the cards laid down. | | b. | an occasion in this game when both turned up cards match. | | –verb (used without object) | 10. | to make or carry on war; fight: to war with a neighboring nation. | | 11. | to carry on active hostility or contention: Throughout her life she warred with sin and corruption. | | 12. | to be in conflict or in a state of strong opposition: The temptation warred with his conscience. | –adjective | 13. | of, belonging to, used in, or due to war: war preparations; war hysteria. | |
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