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Meanings of war of conquest in English

Russian
агрессия
Portuguese
guerra de agressão
Spanish
guerra de agresión
Catalan
guerra d'agressió

Military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense.

агрессия
Synonyms
Examples for "war of aggression"
Examples for "war of aggression"
1
The Houthis accuse the coalition of launching a war of aggression.
Reuters
2
A war of aggression is not a proud thing in which to die.
This Country of Ours
3
And, in opinions, the war of aggression is no longer on one side only.
Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
4
A war of aggression and desolation ensued, and lasted many years, without higher significance.
Lectures on Modern history
5
A war of aggression against the Western Powers would have found the Social Democrats divided.
The War and Democracy
Usage of war of conquest in English
1
From a struggle for self-defense this has become a war of conquest.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
2
We shall never again enter on a war of conquest or aggression.
Morality as a Religion / An exposition of some first principles
3
A war of conquest waged by Kellanved across the entire continent.
Return of the Crimson Guard
4
It is to be a war of conquest, almost of extermination.
The Double Traitor
5
We have no right to start a war of conquest.
The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt
6
His war of conquest thwarted, his very life is now threatened by the Reaver thousands.
Wizardborn
7
Our people will not submit to be taxed for this war of conquest and dominion.
American Eloquence, Volume 1 / Studies In American Political His...
8
We condemn, as internationalism does, every war of conquest.
What Germany Thinks; Or, The War as Germans see it
9
The American people under Lincoln fought not a war of conquest, but a war of liberation.
Lloyd George: The Man and His Story
10
How about a simple war of conquest?
Crown of Slaves
11
This is a war of conquest, Tanis.
Dragons of autumn twilight
12
Instead of westwards, their armies had struck elsewhere: undertaking a brutal war of conquest against their northern neighbours.
Empire in black and gold
13
Greece yielded to this dominating King Philip, and was led into a war of conquest against the Persians.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25...
14
Seventeen years ago Stenwold witnessed the Wasp Empire storming the city of Myna in a brutal war of conquest.
Empire in black and gold
15
The end justifies the means, even to sedition, to a war of conquest and the wholesale plunder of investors.
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) / The Conspiracy...
16
Our war is not a war of conquest; we are fighting in the defense of our homes, our families, and posterity.
Standard Selections / A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Pr...