Sentence examples for spark a war from inspiring English sources

Mr Chavez warned that any similar violation of its border by Colombia could spark a war.

Soccer, in fact, may be the only sport to spark a war.

The worst case scenario is that this entire dispute will spark a war.

"I hope this doesn't spark a war of assassinations," Mrs. Sadan said.

Davis believed Napoleon III's anticipated intervention into Mexico would spark a war between the Union and France, opening the possibility of a Franco-Confederate alliance.

The fear ever since then has been that another attack could spark a war between India and Pakistan, rivals with nuclear weapons.

An old triangle of rivalry that sparked a war last summer also hampers the process.

The debate has sparked a war of words between business organisations on either side of the debate.

The leaking of a Labour party political broadcast to the Tories sparked a war of words yesterday.

Here, in 1618, a Protestant mob pushed two Catholic councillors and their secretary out of the window sparking a war which consumed the whole of Europe.

The room would serve as a bunker for Olmert in the event that the strike sparked a war; the Israelis had also prepared a military contingency plan.