armed attack

collocation in English

meaningsofarmedandattack

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armed
adjective
uk
/ɑːmd/us
/ɑːrmd/
using or ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofarmedandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A just war is a war of self-defense, a last-resort measure necessary to stave off anarmedattackagainst a nation-state or recognized political community.
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The resolution does not legitimise any intervention or anyarmedattackupon a foreign state.
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He says—and he is quite right—that the wore s must not be strictly limited toarmedattack.
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But there has been noarmedattackupon us.
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It is a pact against aggression andarmedattack.
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More than that, is it quite clear thatarmedattackon one signatory isarmedattackon all of them?
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Troops came underarmedattackand gunfire was returned.
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To their mind,armedattackimplied actual aggression of a military nature by one state against another.
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No other communication received before the disturbances began indicated the danger ofarmedattack.
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It is necessary to prevent a repetition ofarmedattackand is proportionate as a means of achieving that end.
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This includes the right of self-defence when anarmedattackhas not yet taken place, but is imminent.
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Those are the areas which are most liable toarmedattackand robbery.
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How many of these 650 merchant vessels have been subject toarmedattack?
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Here we are faced with the necessity of making our physical contribution to the resistance againstarmedattack.
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There can be no question, in this instance, but that there was anarmedattack.
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That would be so likearmedattackthat it is reasonable to consider that it should be included.
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The fact that "armed alts" is mentioned indicates that the sort of case in mind is something equivalent toarmedattack.
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They help to deter aggression and give the members confidence to resist blackmail and other pressures short ofarmedattack.
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That requires a priorarmedattackto have been made upon a state.
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I have not myself been able to find words in that resolution which justifyarmedattackon the territory of another state.
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