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American Empire

Proper noun

Meaning

The United States of America together with its allies, viewed as having the qualities characteristic of an empire.

A French-inspired neoclassical style of American furniture and decoration originating from the Empire style introduced during the First French Empire period under Napoleon's rule.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet. Hugo Chávez

The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority. Alexander Hamilton

The American empire is hovering between life and death. Mohsen Rezaee

The American empire should be destroyed. Aleksandr Dugin

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. Gore Vidal

Once you run current-account deficits, you depend on the kindness of strangers. This might be the beginning of the end of the American empire. Nouriel Roubini

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