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Noun: war power
  1. An extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime

Derived forms: war powers

Type of: office, power

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War of American Independence
War of Greek Independence
war of nerves
War of the Austrian Succession
War of the Grand Alliance
War of the League of Augsburg
War of the Roses
War of the Spanish Succession
war paint
war party
war power
war room
War Secretary
War to End War
war vessel
war whoop
war widow
war zone
waratah
warble
warble fly