Declare and Impose

Declare

Declare verb - To make known openly or publicly.

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Impose and declare are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impose" instead a verb "Declare".

Impose verb - To establish or apply as a charge or penalty.

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Declare and impose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Declare" instead a verb "Impose".

Nearby Words: imposing, imposition, imposed, impost

power	declare power	impose power
state	declare state	impose state
peace	declare peace	impose peace
death	declare death	impose death
Other words: law, feelings, stories.

When magic becomes unreliable, Valdemar carries on mostly unaffected, while the Empire must declare martial law and impose strict rationing.

Source: Magitek
Using the former will impose trade sanctions on the offending faction while the latter will cause every other faction, including allies, to declare Vendetta.

Source: Fictional Geneva Conventions
Pretext for War: Holbaek uses Weissen's occupation of the Norden-Trade Duchy as a pretext to impose a Naval Blockade on the latter's northern ports; Weissen uses the blockade to declare war in response, playing into Rudolph's Batman Gambit.

Source: Manga / Gunka No Balzer

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