war power
2
7.7
- noun
- /wɔr ˈpaʊər/
- Formal
:
poder de guerra
- Amid the crisis, the government activated its war power to ensure a swift response to the threat.
- Congress's war power
- President's war power
- war power resolution
That's basically been the war powers dynamic since Korea.
- That's basically been the war powers dynamic since Korea.
Examples
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Yes, the President needs war powers at less than a formal declaration of war.
Blog text (26) -
The Supreme Court later clarified that international law and the nation's war powers are the sources of legal authority for military tribunals.
Academic text (2018) -
I decided that the Constitution gives me war powers but no one knows just exactly what those powers are.
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The authority of the state over its people resides in its war powers.
Fiction book (1991) -
The executive branch also believed, however, that the war powers conferred by the Constitution are also a source of authority.
Academic text (2018) -
Thus, the Court strongly suggested that these tribunals were a legitimate exercise of war powers possessed by Congress and the President.
Academic text (2018) -
Remarkably, the discussion with the cabinet involved no mention of political pressure either for or against emancipation but concentrated only on "the constitutional question, the war power, the expediency, and the effect of the movement."
Academic text (1999) -
Because of this ambiguity, commentators analyzing the President's war powers take diverse approaches to the issue of whether a President must comply with the law of war.
Academic text (2018) -
Senator James H. Bayard of Delaware delivered an address before Congress on "Executive Usurpation," criticizing the president for claiming unconstitutional war powers.
Blog text (9) -
Relying on Congress's war powers, the Supreme Court has upheld the use of military tribunals to punish a civilian U.S. citizen who violated German penal laws during post-war military occupation.
Academic text (2018)
Antonyms
- Formal
3
4.5
A person or group that has power over people's daily life, not the military
How Extensive
218
4.2
- Formal
2
7.7
- Formal
41
3.6
- Formal
3
4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is transparently built from 'war' (relating to wartime) + 'power' (authority), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to authority exercised in wartime. This follows common compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically predictable, although fine legal nuances about exceptional or expanded authority are technical details beyond basic comprehension.
Etymology
The term war power comes from a simple image: in a time of war, a government uses extra power to make fast, strong decisions. So it means 'special authority' the state has during wartime.