war footing

noun

: the condition of being prepared to undertake or maintain war

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Russian planners may also have assumed that Ukraine’s forces would not be ready because the Ukrainian government did not move to a war footing until a few weeks before the invasion. —

Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2023 The debate has grown more fierce since Israel launched its invasion of Gaza in response to Hamas’ October 7 terror attack, which has put the country on a war footing for nearly six months with the prospect of more to come. —

Mick Krever, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024 Renault has become the latest EV group to place itself on a war footing with Chinese Tesla-killer BYD, and the French carmaker’s boss is harking back to the 1940s for a plan to help Europe’s carmakers fight off rising threats from the Far East. —

Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 21 Mar. 2024 Earlier Monday, Blinken had been rushed to a bunker by his diplomatic security service agents for several minutes after rocket sirens went off in Tel Aviv, punctuating the war footing the area is on. —

Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for war footing