STATE OF WAR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)