Casus Belli

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CB
Pronunciation
/ˈkeɪsəs ˈbɛliː/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. A trade war is brewing over solar panels but the casus belli looks shaky.
  2. They seem to be using these incidents as a casus belli.
  3. He was, in fact, on the verge of war with the pope, the casus belli being the revolt of Paul II's grandsons against the new pope.
  4. But to our mind his casus belli still stands, despite the failure so far to find weapons of mass destruction.
  5. 1914-Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia are killed in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist young man : Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.

Other meanings of CB

Circuit Board Computing
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The Central Banks Business
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Central Bank Business
Coldwell Banker Business
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Commonwealth Bank Business
Core Business Business
Citizens Band Community