war of aggression

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.

Equivalents

Españolguerra de agresión

Françaisguerre d'agression

DeutschAngriffskrieg

9 more languages

Esperantoagresmilito

Suomihyökkäyssota

Հայերենագրեսիա

日本語侵略戦争

Nederlandsaanvalsoorlog

Русскийагрессия

Svenskaanfallskrig angreppskrig

Українськаагресія

Examples

“The crime of war, the crime of the war of aggression, and the crime of aggression are clearly three different crimes with three different facts of the case. For a complex judgment of war, they nonetheless overlap with one another, and their separation seems to a large section of public opinion a mere juridical artifice.”

CEFR level

C1

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See also

war of attrition War of Canudos war of conquest war of ideas War of Independence War of Kappel

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