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preventive wars

preventive wars is the plural of preventive war.

Meaning of preventive war

Noun

preventive war (plural preventive wars)

  1. War 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.

Questions about preventive wars

What is preventive wars the plural of?
Preventive wars is the plural of preventive war.

Words near preventive wars in the dictionary

  1. preventive healthcare
  2. preventive medicine
  3. preventive service
  4. preventive services
  5. preventive war
  6. preventive wars
  7. preventively
  8. preventiveness
  9. preventives
  10. preventivist
  11. preventivists

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