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WARNING OF WAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does warning of war mean?
• WARNING OF WAR (noun)
The noun WARNING OF WAR has 1 sense:
1. a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war
Familiarity information: WARNING OF WAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("warning of war" is a kind of...):
strategic warning ((military) a warning prior to the start of a threatening act)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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