declare war
Verb
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Verb
declare war
- (of a governmental authority) To make a formal pronouncement, or sign a legal document, that initiates a state of war between one nation and another, usually before hostilities begin.
- To announce one's intention to fiercely combat or eradicate something.
- The governor declared war on poverty.
- 2011, Henry Hampton, Steve Fayer, Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement:
- Leo Lillard, a Nashville native attending Tennessee State University, had become involved in the sit-ins as soon as they started. It was no longer just the students, it was clear that the town had declared war on racism.
- French: déclarer la guerre
- German: den Krieg erklären
- Portuguese: declarar guerra
- Spanish: declarar la guerra
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