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Definitions for hostilities
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hostilities.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hostilities, belligerencynoun

    fighting; acts of overt warfare

    "the outbreak of hostilities"

Wiktionary

  1. hostilitiesnoun

    acts of war

  2. hostilitiesnoun

    Plural form of hostility.

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  1. hostilities

    Hostilities refer to acts of aggression, conflict, or warfare between groups or nations. It signifies the presence of antagonism, resentment, violent behavior, or any form of disagreement or strife that disrupts peace and harmony among parties.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hostilities

    of Hostility

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. hostilities

    A rupture between the natives of different countries. The first hostile act that is committed by either party is considered the commencement of hostilities. Between nations, the first act of hostility presupposes a declaration of war.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hostilities in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hostilities in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of hostilities in a Sentence

  1. State John Kerry:

    It's fair to say three weeks ago there were very, very few people who believed a cessation of hostilities was possible in Syria, the result of that work has produced some progress. There has been a fragile (yet) nevertheless beneficial reduction in violence.

  2. The NOC:

    The latest outbreak of hostilities ... poses a serious threat to our operations, production and the national economy.

  3. Clarissa Ward:

    Secondly, the people living in rebel territory don't trust the Assad regime and see this cessation of hostilities as a trick designed so that the regime can take more territory.

  4. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov:

    Across all conflict lines we can see hostilities have ceased heavy armor started to be moved.

  5. State John Kerry:

    We very much welcome the Syrian army declaration of 72-hours of quiet, we are trying very hard to grow these current discussions into a longer lasting ... enforceable, accountable cessation of hostilities that could change the dynamics on the ground.

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