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state of war
Definition of STATE OF WAR
1
a : a state of actual armed hostilities regardless of a formal declaration of war b : a legal state created and ended by official declaration regardless of actual armed hostilities and usually characterized by operation of the rules of war
2
: the period of time during which a state of war is in effect
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First Known Use of STATE OF WAR
1656
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