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bel·lig·er·ent
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angary
the right of a belligerent state to use the property of a neutral state or to destroy it if necessary, subject to payment of full compensation to the owners -
appease
If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want. -
armed neutrality
military preparedness without commitment, especially as the expressed policy of a neutral nation in wartime; readiness to counter with force an invasion of rights by any belligerent power. -
contraband of war
war materiel, as ammunition or weapons, which, by international law, may rightfully be intercepted and seized by either belligerent when shipped to the other one by a neutral country -
dawk
transportation by relays of people or horses, especially in the East Indies. -
enforcer
One who enforces.