war power

noun

: the power to make war

specifically : an extraordinary power exercised usually by the executive branch of a government in the prosecution of a war

Examples of war power in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The governor formally declared that the arrival of record numbers of migrants was an invasion, and invoked a section of the U.S. Constitution that, according to his argument, allows states to assume war powers in such situations. —

J. David Goodman, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024 Texas defended its law in part by invoking limited state war powers, suggesting that the influx of immigrants is akin to the imminent danger of an invasion. —

Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024 Moreover, Article 1, Section 8 grants Congress specific war powers and the raising of armies. —

Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2024 In recent years, she’s been able to gain allies in her quest to rein in presidents’ expansive war powers — partly because elements of both parties had moved her way. —

Cameron Joseph, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for war power

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