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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkeɪ.səs ˈbɛl.aɪ/, /ˌkɑː-/, /-ˈbɛl.i/ Forms: casus belli [plural], casus bellis [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cāsus (“occasion”) + bellī (“for war”, literally “of war”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cāsus||occasion}} Latin cāsus (“occasion”) Head templates: {{en-noun|casus belli|s|nolinkhead=1}} casus belli (plural casus belli or casus bellis)
  1. An act seen as justifying or causing a war; an act of war. Wikipedia link: casus belli Translations (act causing war): ذَرِيعَةُ الْحَرْبِ (ḏarīʕatu al-ḥarbi) [feminine] (Arabic), կազուս բելլի (kazus belli) (Armenian), Kasus Belli (Bavarian German), ка́зус бэ́лі (kázus béli) [masculine] (Belarusian), 戰爭藉口 /战争借口 (zhànzhēng jièkǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 開戰理由 /开战理由 (kāizhàn lǐyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), sodan aihe (Finnish), casus belli (Finnish), casus belli [masculine] (French), კაზუს ბელი (ḳazus beli) (Georgian), Casus Belli [masculine] (German), Kriegsgrund [masculine] (German), αφορμή πολέμου (aformí polémou) [feminine] (Greek), casus belli [masculine] (Italian), 開戦理由 (kaisen riyū) (alt: かいせんりゆう) (Japanese), 開戦事由 (kaisen jiyū) (alt: かいせんじゆう) (Japanese), 개전 이유 (gaejeon iyu) (alt: 開戰理由) (Korean), 개전 리유 (gaejeon riyu) (alt: 開戰理由) [North-Korea] (Korean), 전쟁 명분 (jeonjaeng myeongbun) (alt: 戰爭名分) (Korean), cāsus bellī [masculine] (Latin), بهانهٔ جنگ (bahâne-ye jang) (Persian), کیسوس بللی (keysus belli) (Persian), casus belli [neuter] (Polish), casus belli [masculine] (Portuguese), ка́зус бе́лли (kázus bɛ́lli) [masculine] (Russian), เหตุแห่งสงคราม (hèet-hɛ̀ɛng-sǒng-kraam) (Thai), ка́зус бе́ллі (kázus bélli) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|la|-}} Borrowed from Latin Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} casus belli m (invariable)
  1. casus belli Wikipedia link: it:casus belli Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-casus_belli-it-noun-zyg~f9c5 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈka.sus ˈbɛl.li/, /ˈka.zus ˈbɛl.li/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus bellī. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pl|la|cāsus bellī}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus bellī Head templates: {{pl-noun|n|head=casus belli|indecl=1}} casus belli n (indeclinable)
  1. (international law, literary) casus belli, act of war (action that would justify the initiation of hostilities against the perpetrator; an action that by its nature comprises a cessation of peace) Tags: indeclinable, literary, neuter Categories (topical): International law, War

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: casuses bellis [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus bellī (literally “case of war”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|la|cāsus bellī|lit=case of war}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus bellī (literally “case of war”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|nolinkhead=1}} casus belli m (plural casuses bellis)
  1. casus belli Wikipedia link: pt:casus belli Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-casus_belli-pt-noun-zyg~f9c5 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Had Saddam taken only the Rumaila oil field and the Bubiyan and Warba islands, there would have been no casus belli.",
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          "ref": "2022 March 1, Mary Elise Sarotte, “I’m a Cold War Historian. We’re in a Frightening New Era.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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          "text": "Furthermore, if the French had airily waved away one potential casus belli, more than enough causes of potential conflict remained embedded in the Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty.",
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          "ref": "2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 290:",
          "text": "Had Saddam taken only the Rumaila oil field and the Bubiyan and Warba islands, there would have been no casus belli.",
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          "ref": "2022 March 1, Mary Elise Sarotte, “I’m a Cold War Historian. We’re in a Frightening New Era.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "And Washington needs to communicate clearly with not only its allies but also the American public on the risks involved if spillover from Ukraine into Article 5 territory verges on a casus belli — an event that provokes a war.",
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      "word": "전쟁 명분"
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      "roman": "hèet-hɛ̀ɛng-sǒng-kraam",
      "sense": "act causing war",
      "word": "เหตุแห่งสงคราม"
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