noun
state of war
Formal term used in legal, political, or historical contexts to describe a condition of active warfare between parties.
両国は依然として戦争状態にある。
The two countries are still in a state of war.
戦争状態の終結を宣言した。
They declared the end of the state of war.
Compound of 戦争 (war) and 状態 (state, condition).