casus
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈkeɪsəs/
- Archaic
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caso
- The unexpected earthquake was considered a casus for the evacuation of the city.
- casus belli
Examples
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The athlete's injury served as a casus for the cancellation of the competition.
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Her sudden resignation created a casus that prompted an internal investigation.
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Because of his extreme importance within the organization, and particularly its military wing, his death is casus belli: cause for war.
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Casus belli: Get Israel to give up the Sinai.
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As for the comment about Israel, Iran's "desire" to exterminate Israel should be casus belli for the US?
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It's Israel's casus belli, and it will be ignored by the screamers.
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This, of course, would provide the West the "casus belli" it has been searching for to circumvent the UN Security Council and implement its long-planned campaign of regime change.
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Not a lot of genocidal intent in the major conflicts, in at least one case deliberate aggression by Israel which just happened to coincide with a nice casus belli.
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Casus belli: Get the Sinai and Golan Heights back, for Egypt to garner enough popularity by winning to get reforms done without risking a civil war.
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It just seemed impossible to me that the country would re-elect a president who'd gotten us into a horribly destructive, misguided war under a casus belli that had turned out to be completely unfounded.
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Synonyms
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1.0
An unexpected event that causes harm or damage
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3.7
A bad event that causes trouble
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6.9
An unlucky event that causes small harm or trouble
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Etymology
Casus originally meant a 'fall' from Latin cadere 'to fall'. Because a sudden fall could be an accident or misfortune, casus was used for an unexpected event, and this sense lives on in English words like casualty for someone hurt in an accident.