They will be de facto in a state of war.

他们将会处于一场战争状态之中。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He pronounced the country to be in a state of war.

他宣布全国进入战争状态。

《牛津词典》

And by a "state of nature" he means, or by a state of war, he means a condition where there is no recognized authority in his language to keep us in awe, no authority to awe us.

而且通过“自然状态，或者通过战争状态，他意在说明一种状态，在他的说法里没有一个被认可的权力，将我们维持在敬畏中，没有权利使我们敬畏。”

youdao

The Tamil Tigers,long classified by the United States as a terrorist group, waged a 26-year war for an ethnic-Tamil state in the northern part of the mostly-Sinhalese country before its defeat and final surrender in May.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

If you are known or believed to be willing to fight, you are in a state of war.

如果别人认为你很想去打斗，你就陷入了战争状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And the fact that relations in the state of nature it's synonymous with making it a condition of war, of "all against all," in his famous formulation.

自然状态中的关系对他来说,与战争中抗一切人的状态同义，他在著名的构想中如是说。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

By bypassing negotiations, the Palestinians seek to gain a state that will be born in a state of war with Israel.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Israel at the UN: A suckers game

Mr. RAYMOND PHILBRICK (Department of Public Works, Connecticut): The reality is we are in a state of war in this country.

NPR: Security Officials Seek to Block Some Online Maps

Syria and Israel have been in a state of war since 1948 but the border had been relatively calm in recent years.

BBC: Syria and Israel in exchange of fire