pre-war
adjective/ˌpriː ˈwɔː(r)/
/ˌpriː ˈwɔːr/
[usually before noun]- happening or existing before a war, especially before the Second World War
- the pre-war years
- pre-war Britain
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPre-war is used with these nouns:- era
- year
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