open hostilities

  • 1open hostilities — begin a hostile action, start an act of war or aggression …

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  • 2hostilities — n. war 1) to open hostilities 2) to suspend hostilities 3) hostilities break out 4) an outbreak of hostilities 5) hostilities between * * * [ war ] to open hostilities an outbreak of hostilities to suspend hostilities hostilities between… …

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  • 3open — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 a (of a room, field, or other area) having its door or gate in a position allowing access, or part of its confining boundary removed. b (of a… …

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  • 4hostilities — Synonyms and related words: all out war, appeal to arms, armed combat, armed conflict, attack, battle, belligerence, belligerency, bloodshed, combat, fighting, hot war, la guerre, might of arms, military operations, open hostilities, open war,… …

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  • 5Open-source intelligence — (OSINT) is a form of intelligence collection management that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence. In the intelligence community (IC), the term… …

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  • 6open — I. adjective (opener; openest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German offan open, Old English ūp up Date: before 12th century 1. having no enclosing or confining barrier ; accessible on all or nearly all sides <&#8230; …

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  • 7Open Source Intelligence — This article is a subset article in a series under intelligence collection management. For a hierarchical list of articles, see the intelligence cycle management hierarchy. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is an information processing discipline&#8230; …

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  • 8Hostilities — Hostility Hos*til i*ty, n.; pl. {Hostilities}. [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilit[ e].] 1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. [1913 Webster] Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9Open Christmas Letter — Emily Hobhouse authored the Open Christmas Letter and circulated it for signatures. The Open Christmas Letter was a public message for peace addressed To the Women of Germany and Austria ,[1] signed by a group of 101 British women suffragists …

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  • 10Transition to and From Hostilities — The Defense Science Board report, Transition to and from Hostilities , published in December 2004, was the foundation for the new DoD Instruction 3000 that elevates Operations Other Than War (OOTW) to co equal status with combat operations.The&#8230; …

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