declare war
dɪˈklɛr wɔːr
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Definition of declare war - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

1.
metaphoricalannounce intention to fight against something
  • The mayor declared war on poverty in the city.
2.
governmentformally announce a state of war between nations
  • The country decided to declare war on its neighbor.
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Expressions with declare

anything to declaren.
customs declaration process at borders
The officer asked about anything to declare at the airport.
declare forv.
announce support for a person or cause
She decided to declare for the new candidate.
declare one's handv.
reveal one's intentions or plans
He decided to declare his hand and share his plans with the team.
declare open seasonv.
announce a period of intense activity or criticism
The media declared open season on the politician after the scandal.
have nothing to declarev.
possess no items to report at customs
At the airport, I had nothing to declare.
declare an interestv.
reveal a vested interest in a matter
He declared an interest before the meeting started.

Expressions with war

war storyn.
story about experiences in a war
The veteran shared a war story from his time in Vietnam.
color warn.
team competition where each team is a different color
The summer camp ended with a color war.
war paintn.
colloquial term for bold or heavy makeup
She wore her war paint to make a statement at the party..
culture warn.
conflict between groups with different cultural values
The election highlighted the ongoing culture war in the country.
tug of warn.
game where teams pull on a rope
The school held a tug of war during sports day.
all is fair in love and warexp.
people may use any method to win romance or conflict
She smiled and said, "all is fair in love and war."
all's fair in love and warexp.
normal rules don't apply in love and conflict
They used dirty tricks to win; all's fair in love and war.
flame warn.
heated online argument with personal attacks
The forum was ruined by a flame war.
no heroes in warexp.
war is brutal and lacks true heroes
In battle, there are no winners because there are no heroes in war.
price warn.
competition where companies keep lowering prices to win customers
The two airlines started a price war on tickets.

Terms related to declare war

💡 Terms in the same lexical field: analogies, antonyms, common collocates, words with same roots, hypernyms…
battlecampaigncombatconflictfightoppositionresistancestruggleannouncedeclareformalgovernment

Examples of declare war in a sentence

  • Activists declared war on plastic waste.
  • The president threatened to declare war if demands weren't met.
  • They were hesitant to declare war without international support.

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  1. French:déclarer la guerre, ...
  2. German:den Krieg erklären, ...
  3. Italian:dichiarare guerra, ...
  4. Spanish:declarar la guerra, ...
  5. Portuguese:declarar guerra, proclamar guerra, ...
  6. Chinese:宣战, 宣布战争, ...
  7. Japanese:戦いを宣言する, 戦争を宣言する, ...
  8. Arabic:أَعْلَنَ الحَرْب, أَشْهَرَ الحَرْبَ, ...
  9. Hebrew:לְהַכְרִיז מִלְחָמָה, ...
  10. Russian:объявить войну, объявлять войну, ...
  11. Ukrainian:оголосити війну, оголошувати війну, ...
  12. Hindi:युद्ध की घोषणा करना, युद्ध घोषित करना, ...

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