state of war

English

Noun

state of war (plural states of war)

2. A state of armed conflict between states, irrespective of a declaration of war.
   • 1941 December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 6:42 from the start, in Day of Infamy Speech‎^[1], Washington, D.C.:

     I ask that the Congress declare, that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.

Translations

armed conflict between states

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰爭狀態／战争状态

• Finnish: sotatila (fi)
• French: état de guerre m
• Romanian: stare de război (ro) f
• Russian: состояние войны n (sostojanije vojny)

See also

• act of war