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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a great war" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a significant or impactful conflict, often in a historical or literary context.
Example: "The novel is set during a great war that changed the course of history for many nations."
Alternatives: "a major conflict" or "a significant battle".
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"IT WAS a great war.
It was just a great war.
NEW DELHI —India's capital, Delhi, has seen many a great war.
If a great war begins Russian mobilisation will be the proximate cause.
"If this does not happen, there will be a great war," he said.
Soon they will join her father, a Great War veteran who pads his shoes with cardboard.
There is still a place for a great war book such as Dispatches.
Twenty years before the novel opens, the godlike Augur were defeated in a great war.
"I like Churchill," Mr. Bush says, "because he was a great war leader.
But the boys looked sad, too, she thought, like boys in a picture that was taken before a great war.
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As a great war-hero, Beowulf represents goodness and it is that power that enables him to defeat Grendel in unarmed combat.
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