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state of war

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply

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synonyms (27)

Words with the same meaning

  1. all-out war
  2. appeal to arms
  3. armed combat
  4. armed conflict
  5. attack
  6. battle
  7. belligerence
  8. belligerency
  9. bloodshed
  10. combat
  11. fighting
  12. hostilities
  13. hot war
  14. la guerre
  15. might of arms
  16. military operations
  17. open hostilities
  18. open war
  19. resort to arms
  20. shooting war
  21. the sword
  22. total war
  23. war
  24. warfare
  25. warmaking
  26. warring
  27. wartime

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. antagonism
  2. enmity
  3. hostility

hyponyms (1)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. proxy war

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