state of war

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noun

a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
- war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring
• Syn:
war
• Ant:
peace (for: war)
• Derivationally related forms:
war (for: war)
• Topics:
war, warfare
• Hypernyms:
hostility, enmity, antagonism
• Hyponyms:
proxy war