gulf ˈwar
1Gulf War — Gulf War, the a war which began in 1991, after Iraq attacked Kuwait and took control of it. A United Nations force led by the US, and including soldiers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UK, and France, attacked Iraq and forced the Iraqi army out of… …
2Gulf War — n. the brief war fought in 1991 between Iraq and United Nations allies to free Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces …
3Gulf War — Gulf′ War′ n. amh. a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait …
4Gulf War — This article is about the war in 1990/91. For other wars of that name, see Persian Gulf War (disambiguation). Operation Desert Storm redirects here. For the video game, see Operation: Desert Storm (video game). Gulf War …
5Gulf War — by Richard G. Smith In 1981 Baudrillard argued that Francis Ford Coppola s film Apocalypse Now amounted to the extension and prolongation of the Vietnam War by means of media images, and that its success lay in the fact that it completed an… …
6Gulf War — (1991) The Gulf War in 1991 resulted in a quick victory for the coalition led by the United States against Saddam Hussein s Iraq after he had invaded Kuwait in the summer of 1990. The Iraqi Kurdish refugee exodus following the unsuccessful… …
7Gulf War — noun 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 • Instance Hypernyms: ↑war, ↑warfare • Part Meronyms: ↑Operation Desert Storm 2 …
8Gulf War — See Persian Gulf War (1991) …
9Gulf War syndrome — (GWS) or Gulf War illness (GWI) is an illness reported by combat veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War typified by symptoms including immune system disorders and birth defects. It has not always been clear whether these symptoms were related to… …
10Gulf War syndrome — n. a chronic medical condition of unproven origin experienced by some Gulf War (1991) veterans, characterized variously by fatigue, headaches, memory loss, aching joints, etc. * * * n [U] a disease that has affected many of the soldiers who… …
