hostilities
Sayho-STIL-i-teezUS/hɑˈstɪlɪtiz/UK/hɒˈstɪlɪtiz/
- 1Fighting and attacks between countries or groups that are at war.
Like a big fight between two groups, but between whole countries.
Fighting broke out along the border, and hostilities lasted for months.
The two nations agreed to halt hostilities and begin peace talks.
Similarfighting, warfare, combat, conflict
Oppositepeace
Note
- 2Plural of hostility. Use this form when talking about more than one unfriendly feeling or act.
The hostilities between the rival families lasted for generations.
Old hostilities between the two towns flared up again at the game.
Note
hostilities is a form of hostility
hostility, noun: A strong feeling of anger or dislike toward someone. Full entry
- Forms
- hostilityhostilities plural
- Spelling
- hostility → hostilities: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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