War Cloud (Noun)
Meaning
An ominous sign that war threatens.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- Tensions between the two nations had been escalating for months, and the war cloud that had been gathering on the horizon finally burst into a violent storm.
- The war cloud that loomed over Europe in the 1930s was a clear warning to the world of the devastation that was to come.
- For centuries, the Mediterranean had been a war cloud for the ancient civilizations that surrounded it, with empires rising and falling in a never-ending cycle of conflict.
- As the aggressive posturing between the rival nations continued to escalate, the war cloud grew darker and more ominous by the day.
- The arms buildup on both sides had created a war cloud that threatened to unleash a catastrophic conflict at any moment.