gulf war

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gulf war - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gulf War
      n 1: a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United
           States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
           [syn: Persian Gulf War, Gulf War]
      2: a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran
         broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until
         1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution [syn:
         Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War]