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The following 17 entries include the term of war.
law of war
noun phrase: the code that governs or one of the rules that govern the rights and duties of belligerents in international war
man-of-war
noun: a combatant warship of a recognized navy
Portuguese man-of-war
noun: any of a genus (Physalia of the family Physaliidae) of large, tropical and subtropical, pelagic, siphonophore hydrozoans having a crested bladderlike float which bears the colony comprised of three types of zooids on the lower surface with one of the three having nematocyst-equipped tentacles
prisoner of war
noun phrase: a person captured in war
sloop of war
noun phrase: a small warship with guns on only one deck
state of war
noun phrase: a state of actual armed hostilities regardless of a formal declaration of war
theater of war
noun phrase: the entire land, sea, and air area that is or may become involved directly in war operations compare theater of operations
tug-of-war
noun: a struggle for supremacy or control usually involving two antagonists
contraband of war
: something that according to international law cannot be supplied to one belligerent except at the risk of seizure and condemnation by the other
council of war
: an assembly of officers usually of high rank called to consult with the commander on questions of importance or emergency
declaration of war
: a formal announcement by a sovereign or state of the beginning of hostilities against another
honors of war
: courtesies granted a vanquished enemy (as the privilege of marching out from a camp or town armed and with colors flying)
man-of-war fish
noun: a small fish (Nomeus gronovii) of the family Nomeidae that is common in the Gulf of Mexico and that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war
perils of war
: the war hazards specifically assumed under a policy of insurance
Portuguese man-of-war fish
noun
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