brink of war

collocation in English

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brink
noun[S]
uk
/brɪŋk/us
/brɪŋk/
the point where a new or different situation is about ...
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war
noun[C or U]
uk
/wɔːr/us
/wɔːr/
armed fighting between two or more countries or groups, or a particular example ...
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(Definition ofbrinkandwarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has moved on dramatically, and we are now on thebrinkofwar.
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He has brought us to the verybrinkofwar.
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Our farming industry is now in dire peril, and we are almost on thebrinkofwar.
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You never know the exact moment when diplomatic tension may come to thebrinkofwar, if not to war itself.
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We do not start on the moral high ground, but we are where we are; and we are, of course, on thebrinkofwar.
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It has a continuing potential to spread violence and to bring the world to thebrinkofwar.
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We cannot continue as if nothing were wrong, while the region is on thebrinkofwar.
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Who could have been sure in 1931 that in 1938 we should have been on thebrinkofwar?
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First, why were we on thebrinkofwar?
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They call on world leaders "to draw back from thebrinkofwar".
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I thought that there was someone else who talked about this "brinkofwarpolicy," this new art of diplomacy.
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The fact that to-day it stands on thebrinkofwaris due to the foreign policy that has been pursued in the intervening six or seven years.
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It is astonishing that when it appears that we have come to thebrinkofwar, those who despise us in peacetime make love to us.
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Members of different groups may find their group on thebrinkofwarwith another virtual military over conflicts of interest.
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This action brought the two countries on thebrinkofwar.
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The company is successful developing and marketing biocircuitry as a means of saving a world on thebrinkofwar.
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As a result, the two countries reach thebrinkofwar.
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The kingdom stands perpetually on thebrinkofwarwith its neighbors.
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In the mid-1860s, the two nations had come to thebrinkofwarbecause of disagreement over their boundaries.
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The film recreates the story of a simple recruit in late 1978 when both countries were on thebrinkofwar.
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