The minister gave a warning that if war broke out, it would be catastrophic.

大臣警告说战争一旦爆发，将会是灾难性的。

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A new rate war has broke out.

一场新的价格战又开始了。

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The price war broke out a week ago, when the largest US retailer, Wal-Mart, cut some pre-order prices to $10.

这场价格战爆发于一个星期前。 当时，美国最大的零售商沃尔玛把一些预定书的价格降到了10美元一本。

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Then,the Crimean War broke out. I felt that sad for him that there had to be a war.

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World War Two broke out a week after the signing.

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In 1756, a war broke out between Britain, Prussia and their allies on one side, and the French, the Russians and theirs on the other, that would expand across the Americas and europe, and even into parts of Africa and Asia.

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As if the challenge of pulling a 320-ton boat wasn't enough to deal with, the production was plagued by heavy rains, casting problems -- lead actor Jason Robards had to be replaced by Klaus Kinski due to illness, while Mick Jagger dropped out due to a Rolling Stones concert -- and a border war that broke out between Peru and Ecuador.

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But on the Palestinian side, a war of words broke out after officials accused the BBC of banning its journalists from referring to Israel's targeted killings of Palestinian as "assassinations".

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