English-Portuguese translations for declare war

• declarar guerra
  Estes acontecimentos levaram as autoridades de Tashkent a declarar guerra aos jornalistas independentes e aos defensores dos direitos humanos. These events led the authorities in Tashkent to declare war on independent reporters and defenders of human rights.

Definition of declare war

• To make a formal pronouncement, or sign a legal document, that initiates a state of war between one nation and another, usually before hostilities begin
• To announce one's intention to fiercely combat or eradicate something

Examples

• The governor declared war on poverty.

Related words

• declare
• declared
• declarer
• undeclared
• nondeclared
• declaredly
• predeclare
• self-declared
• aforedeclared