declaration of war

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declaration of war

noun declarations of war

  1. A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity. Make no mistake, the sway of the railways' mandate in the middle of the 19th century was, in some quarters, a declaration of war on the old.

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noun a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity

Españoldeclaración de guerra
日本語宣戦布告 sensen fukoku
中文宣戰 /宣战 xuānzhàn
Portuguêsdeclaração de guerra
Françaisdéclaration de guerre
DeutschKriegserklärung
Italianodichiarazione di guerra
Ελληνικάκήρυξη πολέμου kíryxi polémou
Românădeclarație de război
Русскийобъявле́ние войны́ obʺjavlénije vojný
עבריתהכרזת מלחמה hakhrazát milhamá

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@misc{declaration_of_war_2026,
  title = {declaration of war},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/declaration%20of%20war},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}