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Meaning of preventive war | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

War started by one of the parties without having received any attack from the other party. This type of war is initiated by states unable to use diplomacy

Equivalents

Svenska preventivkrig

Examples

“The German war against Poland initiated by Hitler was justified as a preventive war by Carl Schmitt, German jurist and philosopher”
“We do not believe in aggressive or preventive war. Such war is the weapon of dictators, not of free democratic countries like the United States.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Preventively Preventiveness Preventives preventivist preventorium preventral

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