The late 1940s was not only about the finish of the most devastating war ever .....;

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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The late 1940s was not only about the finish of the most devastating war ever .....; it was also concerned with the control of dangerous economic nationalism and the quest for a new world order. (*) sought (*) staged (*) waged (*) wrought

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staged is the correct answer.

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For me, It`s wrought.

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But the correct collocation is ‘to wage war’. Do you know what a ‘strong collocation’ is?

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Strong collocation: words that don’t match with many other words, so it is a strong connection because there are very few acceptable words to say the same thing.
“Wrought” is a very formal and literary form only used in the past tense: -The storm wrought havoc in the south./ - Her poems are well-wrought and intensely personal.

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The late 1940s was not only about the finish of the most devastating war ever sought; it was also concerned with the control of dangerous economic nationalism and the quest for a new world order.

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