warless
adjEtymology From war + -less.
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Without war, devoid of war.
- Alas! in this he did not prove himself a true prophet, although it must be conceded that many wars have been averted or shortened by means of the telegraph, and there are some who hope that a warless age is even now being conceived in the womb of time.1914, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals:
- It is really quite idle to dream of a warless world in which States are still absolutely free to annoy one another with tariffs, with the blocking and squeezing of trade routes, with the ill-treatment of immigrants and travelling strangers, and between which there is no means of settling boundary disputes.1916, H. G. Wells, What is Coming?:
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- Well; for nine and twenty years he held that vast empire warless; even though it included within its boundaries many restless and savage tribes.1921, Kenneth Morris, The Crest-Wave of Evolution: