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Noun: state of war
  1. A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
    "state of war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring";
    - war

Derived forms: states of war

Type of: antagonism, enmity, hostility

Antonym: peace

Encyclopedia: State of war