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conflit, litige, contentieux

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a dispute

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un litige frontalier

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a border dispute

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être mêlé à un conflit

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be embroiled in a conflict

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ennemi

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enemy

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un désaccord, une dispute, une querelle

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disagreement,

row

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une épreuve de force, un bras de fer

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a showdown

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militaire/ civil

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military / civilian

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un belliciste

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a warmonger

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la propagande belliciste

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warmonger

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les militaires

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the military

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un militariste

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a militarist

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militariste

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militaristic

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être en guerre / en paix

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to be at war / at peace

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déclarer la guerre à un pays

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to declare war on a country

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faire la guerre à un ennemi

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to wage war on an enemy/ against an enemy

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un allié

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an ally

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éclater

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to break out

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se battre

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fight

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attaquer/ défendre

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to attack / to defend

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conquérir

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to conquer

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la conquête

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conquest

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envahir

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to invade

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assiéger

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to besiege

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les forces armées

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armed forces

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un corps expéditionnaire

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a task force

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les troupes

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troops

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les forces aéronavales

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air and salt forces

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une campagne militaire

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a military campaign

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le champ de bataille

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the battlefield

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déployer

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to deploy

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le déploiement

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deployment

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retirer des troupes d’un endroit

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to withdraw troops from a place

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le retrait

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withdrawal

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un blocus

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a blockade

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vaincre un adversaire

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to defeat an adversary

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un revers

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a setback

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des représailles

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reprisals,

retaliation

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user de représailles envers qn

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to retaliate against sb

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un vainqueur

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a victor

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un militaire, un soldat

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a serviceman,

a soldier

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un militaire de carrière

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a professional soldier,

a career soldier

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s’engager, s’enrôler dans l’armé de l’air

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to join the air force/ to enlish in the Air Force

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recruter

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to recruit

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une recrue

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a recruit

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un officer

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an officer

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un objecteur de conscience

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a conscientious

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déserter

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to desert

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un déserteur

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a deserter

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des armes

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weapons,

arms

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des armes de destruction massive

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weapons of mass destruction

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un arsenal

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an arsenal

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des munitions

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ammunition,

munitions

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une bombe

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a bomb

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bombarder

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to bomb

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un bombardement

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a bombing

a bombardement

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un bombardier

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a bomber

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des armes intelligentes

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smart weapons

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une frappe, une intervention aérienne

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an air strike

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une frappe chiurgicale

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a surgical stike

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un bombardier furtif

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a stealth bomber

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une porte-avions

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an aircraft carrier

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un avion de chassr, un chasseur

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a fighter (plane)

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un drone, un avion téléguidé

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a drone,

an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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un missile

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a missile

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la guerre des nerfs/ d’usure

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war of nerves/ of attrition

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la guerre nucléaire/ biologique / chimique

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nuclear/ biological / chemical warfare

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massacre

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massacre

slaughter

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effusion de sang, carnage, boucherie

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bloodshed

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les blessés

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the wounded

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les morts et les blessés

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casualties

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bilan des victimes

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death toll

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le renseignement

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intelligence

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espionner un ennemi

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to spy on an enemy

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satellite-espion

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a spy satellite

a surveillance satellite

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un crime de guerre

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a war crime

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un criminel de guerre

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a war criminal

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un crime contre l’humanité

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a crime against humanity

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un génocide

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a genocide

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purification ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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purification ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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exterminer

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to exterminate

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un cessez-le-feu

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a ceasefire

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une trêve

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a truce

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se rendre

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to surrender

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une armistice

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an armistice

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le désarmement

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disarmament

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un pacificte

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a peace campaigner
a pacifist
a peacenik

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un bourbier

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a quagmire

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l’enlisement

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stalemate

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des pourparlers de paix

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peace talks

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le processus de paix

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the peace process

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un accord de paix

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a peace agreement
a peace accord
a peace settlement

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un traité de paix

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a peace treaty

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la dividende de la paix

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the peace dividend

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un prisonnier de guerre

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a prisoner of war

a POW

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être porté disparu

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to be reported missing

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s’absenter sans permission

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to be absent without leave,

AWOL

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un ancien combattant

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a veteran

a vet

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un amputé

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an amputee

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être estropié/ mutilé a vie

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be maimed for life

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD

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névrose post-traumatique

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