war erupts
Frequency: 7.011.2 per million words
Used when a war or violence starts suddenly.
Categories:
Examples (10)
- In 1914, war suddenly erupted across Europe.
- If war erupts in the region, millions will suffer.
- Tensions escalated until war finally erupted last month.
- When war erupts, innocent lives are often lost first.
- The civil war erupted after years of political instability.
- Diplomatic efforts are underway to prevent war from erupting.
- No one expected that war would erupt so quickly.
- There is constant fear that war might erupt again.
- The local population fled as war erupted in their homeland.
- Reports indicated that war had erupted on the border.