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Casus Belli

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Noun

1. casus belli

an event used to justify starting a war

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Casus Belli

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nounWord forms: plural casus belli (ˈkɑːsʊs ˈbɛliː)
1. 
an event or act used to justify a war
2. 
the immediate cause of a quarrel

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Casus Belli

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an event provoking war or used as a pretext for making war

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Casus Belli

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n. pl. casus belli
An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.

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