English

Alternative forms

• war to end all war

Proper noun

the war to end all wars

1. 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.

Synonyms

• Great War

See also

• World War II