warning of war

1. 1.

   a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war

   Broaderstrategic warning

   military

Questions about warning of war

What does warning of war mean?

warning of war means "a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war".

Is warning of war a common word?

warning of war is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.