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hos·til·i·ty

(hŏ-stĭl′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. hos·til·i·ties

1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See Synonyms at enmity.

a. A hostile act.

b. hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.

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Noun

hostilities - fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities"

belligerency

armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces

Translations

أعمال حَرْبِيَّه، أعمال عُدوانيَّه

nepřátelské akcesrážky

fjendtligheder

Feindseligkeit

hostilités

ellenségeskedésekháborús cselekmények

hernaîarátök

ostilit...

fiendtlighet krigshandlinger

nepriateľské akcie

çatışmalar

战争行动

hostilities

[hɒˈstɪlɪtiz] npl (= fighting) → hostilités fpl
a cessation of hostilities → la cessation des hostilités

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hostile

(ˈhostail) adjective

1. unfriendly; warlike. hostile tribesmen.

2. belonging to an enemy. a hostile army.

3. showing dislike or opposition to something. a hostile attitude.

hoˈstilities (-ˈsti-) noun plural

acts of war; battles. The two countries were engaged in hostilities.

hoˈstility (-ˈsti-) noun

unfriendliness; opposition.

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Let us therefore proceed to examine whether the people are not right in their opinion that a cordial Union, under an efficient national government, affords them the best security that can be devised against HOSTILITIES from abroad.

Not a single Indian war has yet been occasioned by aggressions of the present federal government, feeble as it is; but there are several instances of Indian hostilities having been provoked by the improper conduct of individual States, who, either unable or unwilling to restrain or punish offenses, have given occasion to the slaughter of many innocent inhabitants.

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There were many times when either side might have withdrawn without dishonor and thus ended hostilities, but from the mad abandon with which each invariably renewed hostilities I soon came to believe that what need not have been more than a trifling skirmish would end only with the complete extermination of one force or the other.

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Inventors of figures and phantoms shall they be in their hostilities; and with those figures and phantoms shall they yet fight with each other the supreme fight!

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As a result of this withdrawal, the hostilities along the demilitarized zone have once again restarted, with both sides trading attacks along the Idlib-Hama axis.

Ceasefire deal expires in northwestern Syria, both sides resume attacks

July 31, 2019 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu (SPLM-N al-Hilu), on Wednesday extended the unilateral cessation of hostilities for five months.

SPLM-N al-Hilu extends cessation of hostilities for five months

'There's no other option except to talk because we do not want to engage in armed hostilities, whether small armed hostilities or expanded armed hostilities that will be costly to both sides, especially on our side kasi wala naman tayong kakayahan.

Duterte admin won't pursue multilateral talks to solve South China Sea row

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and vice-chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council Ahmad Maiteeq ROME, April 15 (KUNA) -- Italy called Monday for a political solution for the conflict in Libya, urging warring parties to cease hostilities around Tripoli and warned against a civil war.

Italian PM urges Libyan parties to cease hostilities

Clarify Direct Participation in Hostilities in Cyberspace

APPLYING THE U.S. AND ICRC STANDARDS FOR DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN HOSTILITIES TO CIVILIAN SUPPORT OF U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS

Astana, SANA -- Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadyarov said on Monday that the Astana talks on Syria will continue in the same form in order to stop the hostilities.

Kazakh Foreign Ministry: Astana talks on Syria will continue in the same format

Credit: OCHA/Ghalia Seifo GENEVA - 27 July 2018: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that following five weeks of sustained hostilities in Southern Syria, as many as 182,618 people remain displaced from their areas of origin.