English-Danish translations for act of war

• krigshandling
  Dette mord var en krigshandling fra Ruslands side mod Det Forenede Kongerige. This murder was an act of war by Russia on the UK.
  At benævne det, der skete, som en krigshandling, er ikke blot et rent semantisk spørgsmål. To classify what happened as an act of war is not a mere question of semantics.
  I 1990'erne blev voldtægt anvendt systematisk som krigshandling i flere væbnede konflikter. During the 1990s, rape was used systematically as an act of war in many armed conflicts.

Definition of act of war

• Aggression between forces of any origin, which comprise an imminent cessation of peace; often through armed conflict

Related words

• casus belli
• declaration of war
• state of war