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WAR POWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("war power" is a kind of...):
office; power ((of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power)
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