Central Powers

plural noun

1. (in World War I) Germany and Austria-Hungary, often with their allies Turkey and Bulgaria, as opposed to the Allies.

Central Powers

plural noun

1. European history
   1. (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
   2. (during World War I) Germany and Austria-Hungary, together with their allies Turkey and Bulgaria

Central Powers

1. Germany and its allies (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria , and the Ottoman Empire ) in World War I .

Example Sentences

Italy, meanwhile, after renouncing its treaty agreements with the Central Powers, had entered the war on the side of the Allies.

From Literature

Our soldiers were on the ground in World War I fighting to stop the advancement of the Central Powers across Europe.

From Washington Times

World leaders opted for what Keynes called a “Carthaginian Peace”, designed to crush the Central Powers.

From Nature

Six years before the series starts, British Empire stand-in The Burge retreated from the fae nation of Tirnanoc, leaving it in control of The Pact, a group inspired by the World War I Central Powers.

From The Verge

After the Royal Navy threw a tight blockade around the Central Powers, in 1914, German civilians waited in line all night in the hope of buying scarce meat, butter, or bread.

From The New Yorker