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CASUS BELLI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does casus belli mean?
• CASUS BELLI (noun)
The noun CASUS BELLI has 1 sense:
1. an event used to justify starting a war
Familiarity information: CASUS BELLI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An event used to justify starting a war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("casus belli" is a kind of...):
beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)
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