Hostilities
[hɑs'tɪlətɪz]
Definition
(noun.) fighting; acts of overt warfare; 'the outbreak of hostilities'.
Checker: Michelle--From WordNet
Definition
(pl. ) of Hostility
Edited by Jason
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. War, warfare.
Typed by Edmund
Examples
- They jostled, browbeat, and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Soon after a white flag was received, requesting a suspension of hostilities pending negotiations for a surrender. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It would look strange indeed to my people and to yours were the Princess of Helium to give herself to her country's enemy in the midst of hostilities. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Mr. Murdstone seemed afraid of a renewal of hostilities, and interposing began: 'Miss Trotwood! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Hostilities along that part of the line ceased at once. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Just before the outbreak of the Spanish War in 1898 he felt that such a machine might be of service to his country in the event of hostilities that seemed to him imminent. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This stopped all further hostilities. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So our imaginations are led up to the actual hostilities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the North the people governed, and could stop hostilities whenever they chose to stop supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Shane