Make no mistake, the sway of the railways' mandate in the middle of the 19th century was, in some quarters, a declaration of war on the old.
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Declaration of war
Synonyms for "declaration of war" (7 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Verb(1 words)
declare war
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Noun(3 words)
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4 entriesfigure of speechformal declarationlegal actspeech act
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4 entriesbilateral declaration of warcorporate challengemarket challengeunilateral declaration of war
Collocations
5 entriesbilateral declaration of warformal declarationstate of warunilateral declaration of warwar declaration
Inflections
1 entriesdeclarations of war
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Although the Take Care Clause grants the president significant authority to enforce the laws, the duty to take care does not include a power to forbid the execution of the laws. Consequently, the president does not have the authority to disregard Congress’s declaration of war against Country X. On the contrary, the president has an obligation to faithfully execute the declaration of war, even against their own beliefs and wishes.
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