casus belli

Synonyymisanakirja

casus belli

sodan oikeutus.

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frikadelli, sardelli, bordelli, lelli, lamelli, karamelli, kermakaramelli, täytekaramelli, kinuskikaramelli, lakritsikaramelli...

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Englannin sanakirja

casus belli englanniksi

1. An act seen as justifying or causing a war; act of war.

2. 1977, (w), A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 309:

Algiers seethed, and this was the casus belli for the ‘ultras’ to attempt a general strike.

3. 2002, (w), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 138:

Furthermore, if the French had airily waved away one potential casus belli, more than enough causes of potential conflict remained embedded in the Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty.

4. 2010, (w), Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 290:

Had Saddam taken only the Rumaila oil field and the Bubiyan and Warba islands, there would have been no casus belli.

5. English casus belli

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