preventive war
preventive war · preventive wars
превентивна війна
War started by one of the parties without having received any attack from the other partyWar 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
» A preventive war, to my mind, is an impossibility today.
Meaning
1 sensesWar 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
The German war against Poland initiated by Hitler was justified as a preventive war by Carl Schmitt, German jurist and philosopher.
превенти́вна війна́preventývna vijná
Examples
2 sentencesA preventive war, to my mind, is an impossibility today.
There's even talk of a preventive war by Israel against Syria.
Translations
1 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
type of war:
Forms
plural: preventive wars| Singular | preventive war |
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