state of war en · NOUN
Meanings
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A state of armed conflict between states, irrespective of a declaration of war.
I ask that the Congress declare, that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.
1941 December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 6:42 from the start, in Day of Infamy Speech, Washington, D.C.:In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.
1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| states of war | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (5)
ro stare de război (armed conflict between states) · cmn 戰爭狀態 /战争状态 (armed conflict between states) · fi sotatila (armed conflict between states) · fr état de guerre (armed conflict between states) · ru состояние войны (armed conflict between states)