"declare war" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: declares war [present, singular, third-person], declaring war [participle, present], declared war [participle, past], declared war [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} declare war (third-person singular simple present declares war, present participle declaring war, simple past and past participle declared war)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): War Translations (initiate a state of war): պատերազմ հայտարարել (paterazm haytararel) (Armenian), аб'явіць вайну (abʺjavicʹ vajnu) (Belarusian), абвясціць вайну (abvjascicʹ vajnu) (Belarusian), denunciar la guerra (Catalan), 宣戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 宣战 (xuānzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), de oorlog verklaren (Dutch), julistaa sota (Finnish), déclarer la guerre (French), den Krieg erklären (German), hadat üzen (Hungarian), 宣戦布告する (sensen fukoku suru) (Japanese), 선전포고하다 (seonjeonpogohada) (Korean), dêcliather la dgèrre (Norman), wypowiadać wojnę [imperfective] (Polish), wypowiedzieć wojnę [perfective] (Polish), declarar guerra (Portuguese), declara război (Romanian), объяви́ть войну́ (obʺjavítʹ vojnú) (Russian), declarar la guerra (Spanish), deklarera krig (Swedish), savaş ilan etmek (Turkish), savaş açmak (Turkish), sagön krigi (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-declare_war-en-verb-TTh0DTOp Disambiguation of War: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'initiate a state of war': 97 3
  2. To announce one's intention to fiercely combat or eradicate something. Translations (announce one's intention to fiercely combat or eradicate something): 宣戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 宣战 (xuānzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), julistaa sota (Finnish), wypowiadać wojnę [imperfective] (Polish), wypowiedzieć wojnę [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-declare_war-en-verb-3Zbdtb26 Disambiguation of "announce one's intention to fiercely combat or eradicate something": 3 97

Inflected forms

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