war to end all wars
English
Alternative forms
- war to end all war
Proper noun
the war to end all wars
- Epithet for World War I.
- 1920, "World Leadership Lost, says Baker," New York Times, 9 Feb., p. 3:
- The fact is there are still a lot of wars going on in the world, and there is no general acceptance as yet that the ‘war to end all wars’ is really over.
- 1920, "World Leadership Lost, says Baker," New York Times, 9 Feb., p. 3:
Synonyms
- Great War
See also
- World War II