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STATE OF WAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
Example:
war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring
Synonyms:
state of war; war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("state of war" is a kind of...):
antagonism; enmity; hostility (a state of deep-seated ill-will)
Domain category:
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "state of war"):
proxy war (a war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate)
