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state of war - a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring" | ||
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peace a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th" | ||
enmity, antagonism, hostility (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure | ||
warfare, war a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime" |