hot war

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hot war

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By analogy with cold war.

noun hot wars

A conflict in which physically violent fighting takes place between the belligerent parties.
Similar: shooting war · Opposite: cold war

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noun conflict with actual fighting

Español	guerra caliente
한국어	열전 yeoljeon
日本語	熱戦 nessen, 熱い戦争 atsui sensō
中文	熱戰 /热战 rèzhàn
Français	guerre chaude
Deutsch	heißer Krieg
Русский	горя́чая война́ gorjáčaja vojná
العربية	حَرْب سَاخِنَة ḥarb sāḵina

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@misc{hot_war_2026,
  title = {hot war},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hot%20war},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}