('Occasion for war') is an act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.
1His voice came faint: 'Darujhistan would consider that an act of war.'
2A deliberate invasion, a deliberate act of war, was something else entirely.
3This first act of war, for some curious reason, caused no excitement.
4The North has said it would consider any interception an act of war.
5North Korea considers the South Korean broadcasts tantamount to an act of war.
6Pyongyang has previously said the broadcasts were tantamount to an act of war.
7This is not an act of war, it is a crime!'
8Opponents of the no-fly zone say that would be an act of war.
9It was an act of war against them directly, Mr Pompeo told reporters.
10Attacking them was an act of war against Moscow, not Havana.
11We consider that an act of war and you will be treated accordingly.
12Killing him was a blunt act of war against a substantial regional power.
13Failure to comply will be tantamount to an act of war.
14North Korea today described UN sanctions imposed on it as an act of war.
15German law says if you prepare an act of war, that's something quite serious.
16These gunmen had, quite possibly, committed an act of war.
Translations for act of war