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HOSTILITIES

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hostilities mean?

• HOSTILITIES (noun)
The noun HOSTILITIES has 1 sense:

1. fighting; acts of overt warfare

Familiarity information: HOSTILITIES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOSTILITIES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Fighting; acts of overt warfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hostilities; belligerency

Context example:

the outbreak of hostilities

Hypernyms ("hostilities" is a kind of...):

armed combat; combat (an engagement fought between two military forces)

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