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act of war

noun

  1. an act of aggression by a country against another with which it is nominally at peace.


act of war

noun

  1. an aggressive act, usually employing military force, which constitutes an immediate threat to peace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Assuming they are all members of the criminal gang he has cited, and there's no way of knowing who they are since there is no due process, this is obviously a domestic criminal matter, akin to dealing with organized crime, not an act of war against the United States.

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Force could be used even if Mexican officials refuse to cooperate, making any such attack an act of war.

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That is a blatant act of war, but no one today is worried about that.

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A former counter terrorism chief has described how he initially wondered if the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter could have been "an act of war".

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At the time, Musk said Ukraine’s “obvious intent†was to sink Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, which would have made Starlink’s parent company, the U.S. defense contractor SpaceX, “explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.â€

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