hostilities (noun)
1hostilities — noun fighting; acts of overt warfare the outbreak of hostilities • Syn: ↑belligerency • Derivationally related forms: ↑belligerent (for: ↑belligerency), ↑hostile …
2hostilities — noun acts of war …
3hostilities — hostile ► ADJECTIVE 1) antagonistic; opposed. 2) of or belonging to a military enemy. 3) (of a takeover bid) opposed by the company to be bought. DERIVATIVES hostilely adverb hostility noun (pl. hostilities) . ORIGIN …
4attack — /əˈtæk / (say uh tak) verb (t) 1. to set upon with force or weapons; begin hostilities against: attack the enemy. 2. to direct unfavourable criticism, argument, etc., against; blame or abuse violently. 3. to set about (a task) or go to work on (a …
5hostility — noun 1 opposition/aggressive feelings or actions ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter (esp. BrE), considerable, deep, extreme, great, implacable ▪ downright, open …
6hostility — noun (plural hostilities) hostile behaviour. ↘(hostilities) acts of warfare: a cessation of hostilities …
7belligerency — noun 1. hostile or warlike attitude or nature • Syn: ↑belligerence • Derivationally related forms: ↑belligerent, ↑belligerent (for: ↑belligerence) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
8hostility — noun 1 (U) a feeling or attitude that is extremely unfriendly (+ towards/between): hostility towards foreigners | open hostility (=hostility that is clearly shown) 2 (U) strong or angry opposition to a plan or idea: The reform program was greeted …
9hostility — noun 1) he glared at her with hostility Syn: antagonism, unfriendliness, enmity, malevolence, malice, unkindness, rancor, venom, hatred, loathing; resentment, animosity, antipathy, acrimony, ill will, ill feeling; aggression …
10state of war — noun a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring • Syn: ↑war • Ant:… …