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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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"
[syn: war, state of war]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

state of war
    n 1: a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by
         official declaration during which the international rules
         of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual
         fighting did not begin until the following spring" [syn:
         war, state of war] [ant: peace]