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Casus belli

noun
1.
An event used to justify starting a war.





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... riot, disturbance &c (disorder) 59; commotion &c (agitation) 315; bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair. subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli [Lat.]; question at issue &c (subject of inquiry) 461; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], brand of discord. troublous times^; cat-and-dog life; contentiousness &c adj.; enmity &c 889; hate &c 898; Kilkenny cats; disputant &c 710; strange bedfellows. V. be discordant &c adj.; disagree, come ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... forgotten one thing," said Barras a few days later, on the eve of Napoleon's departure. "We haven't any casus belli." ...
— Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica • John Kendrick Bangs
... engaged to an officer. One day Etna strayed on to the neighbouring balcony and behaved in a manner that displeased the young lady whose betrothed complained to the proprietor and Mery was requested to leave. She, of course, saw that all this about her dog was merely a casus belli concealing a conspiracy to insult her, and indignantly refused to go. Next day, while the officer was sitting with his friends outside his usual caffe, Mery happened to pass on her way to buy a stamp and post a letter. She spoke ...
— Castellinaria - and Other Sicilian Diversions • Henry Festing Jones


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