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casus belli
ca·sus bel·li [ kàyssəss béllī, kssəss bé l ] (plural ca·sus bel·li)


noun 
Definition:
 
cause of war: a situation or event that causes, or is the pretext for starting, a war or other conflict ( formal )

[< modern Latin, "occasion of war"]
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