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war cloud
noun
- something that threatens war; a harbinger of conflict.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of war cloud1
First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences
He can see a war cloud where I can't see annything but somebody cookin' his dinner or lightin' his pipe.
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The war cloud had thinned enough to allow a clearer conception of the work of emancipation.
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It is worth adding that toward the close of this book a war-cloud appears between France and Germany.
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Then along came a war-cloud in Europe; stocks began to drop and provisions to advance.
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But again the war cloud seemed to hover over the establishment, and again the Sheriff's officers appeared in force.
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