Meanings of casus belli in English

All I say is that as it stands it is a casus belli.

The very existence of that document is almost a casus belli.

In both cases the casus belli was the disputed right to grievously offend, specifically Muslims.

Like many disputes, the row is really about something other than the declared casus belli.

Clinton, there is a chronic casus belli between us, the original spring of which antedates my memory.

You're the casus belli of the dispute.

The outrage was a casus belli such as no self-respecting people could ignore; so ran the popular verdict.

They cannot form a casus belli.

The building of a war vessel or the boring of a gun must be regarded as a casus belli.

Then, in case of such special edict, Martha Biggs should go, and thence should arise the new casus belli.

Uncle Sam is in an ugly humor and will suffer no legitimate casus belli to be side-tracked by arbitration.

Here Sir Edward Grey says: "We were considering... whether we should declare violation of Belgian neutrality to be a casus belli."

The counterintuitive idea that you can travel downwind faster than the wind is casus belli for aerodynamic arguments from internet forums to college classrooms.

This was put as a reasonable possibility, and as a simple and pleasant method of establishing a casus belli that might satisfy Done's ridiculous punctilio.

"We haven't any casus belli."

"-An Unexpected Call.-HurriedDeparture.-Southampton Wharf Toughs and Bullying Official.-Sledge-Hammer Blows of Drooping Pedestrian.-Aboard Ship.-An "Ishmaelite "Finding" Casus Belli" in Fate.-Tempest on Bay of Biscay.