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Meanings of act of war in anglès
('Occasion for war') is an act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.
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Examples for "casus belli"
Examples for "casus belli"
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All I say is that as it stands it is a casus belli.
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The very existence of that document is almost a casus belli.
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In both cases the casus belli was the disputed right to grievously offend, specifically Muslims.
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Like many disputes, the row is really about something other than the declared casus belli.
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Clinton, there is a chronic casus belli between us, the original spring of which antedates my memory.
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There was no longer pretension or pretext, nor was there occasion for war.
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People who have no occasion for war do not make any impression of being psychologically thwarted.
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The attempt of the Helvetii to leave their homes in the Alps for new dwelling-places in Gaul served him as an occasion for war.
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These were the occasions of its outbreak and extension; but national rivalries always exist and occasions for war are never wanting.
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Even if we condemn the doings of the Greater-Serbian Nationalists, still the wicked war-provocation of the Austro-Hungarian Government calls forth the most stinging protest.
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The violation of property rights by Germany as a cause for war.
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Monsieur, under all circumstances there would be cause for war between us.
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He knew nothing of my new cause for war; there was enough of the old!
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Out of this had grown the principal cause for war in the history of the realm.
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They might bluster, and still not fight; and indeed they lack any rational cause for war.
Usage of act of war in anglès
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His voice came faint: 'Darujhistan would consider that an act of war.'
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A deliberate invasion, a deliberate act of war, was something else entirely.
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This first act of war, for some curious reason, caused no excitement.
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The North has said it would consider any interception an act of war.
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North Korea considers the South Korean broadcasts tantamount to an act of war.
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Pyongyang has previously said the broadcasts were tantamount to an act of war.
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This is not an act of war, it is a crime!'
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Opponents of the no-fly zone say that would be an act of war.
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It was an act of war against them directly, Mr Pompeo told reporters.
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Attacking them was an act of war against Moscow, not Havana.
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We consider that an act of war and you will be treated accordingly.
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Killing him was a blunt act of war against a substantial regional power.
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Failure to comply will be tantamount to an act of war.
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North Korea today described UN sanctions imposed on it as an act of war.
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German law says if you prepare an act of war, that's something quite serious.
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These gunmen had, quite possibly, committed an act of war.
Translations for act of war
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