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hostilities¹

  • /hɑˈstɪlɪtiz/ US
  • /hɒˈstɪlɪtiz/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪlɪtiz

noun

  1. plural plural of hostility

hostilities²

  • /hɑˈstɪlɪtiz/ US
  • /hɒˈstɪlɪtiz/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪlɪtiz

noun

  1. plural, plural only Acts of war. The GFAP also called for the deployment of an international armed force, under NATO leadership, of sixty thousand troops to supervise the cessation of hostilities and to provide framework security to enable civilian peace implementation.

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Closest in meaning: fighting, belligerent, fighter, combat, war, conflict, fight, battlefield, battle, aggressive, violence, military, hostile, hawkish, martial, aggressions

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noun acts of war

Españolhostilidades
Русскийбоевы́е де́йствия bojevýje déjstvija, вое́нные де́йствия vojénnyje déjstvija

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@misc{hostilities_2026,
  title = {hostilities},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hostilities},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}