Warsaw Pact

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the Warsaw Pact

  1. (historical) A pact (long-term alliance treaty) signed on May 14, 1955 in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its Communist military allies in Europe.
    The Warsaw Pact formalized Moscow's dominance in Europe's east.
  2. (metonymic, historical) The Warsaw Treaty Organization that was established by the above treaty; a strategic alliance comparable and opposed to NATO.

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