# hostilities

Pronunciation: say "ho-STIL-i-teez" US /hɑˈstɪlɪtiz/, UK /hɒˈstɪlɪtiz/

## Noun

1. Warlike acts carried out between opposing nations or armed forces.
   - Simple: Fighting and attacks between countries or groups that are at war.
   - _Hostilities erupted along the disputed frontier within hours of the failed talks._
   - _The treaty called for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the warring states._
2. Plural of hostility. — plural of hostility
   - Simple: Plural of hostility. Use this form when talking about more than one unfriendly feeling or act.
   - _Old hostilities resurfaced the moment the two leaders met again._
   - _Years of unspoken hostilities finally came to the surface during the meeting._

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