1. 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Iran-Iraq War
n 1: 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]