state of war
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A state of armed conflict between states, irrespective of a declaration of war.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan."