Synonyms for hostilities
hos·til·i·ties

Princeton's WordNet

1. hostilities, belligerencynoun

   fighting; acts of overt warfare

   "the outbreak of hostilities"

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1. • Combat

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1. hostilitiesnoun

   Synonyms:
   WAR, warfare

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1. List of paraphrases for "hostilities":

   hostile, fighting, battles

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1. President Putin:

   From those who seized and hold power in Kyiv, we demand an immediate cessation of hostilities, otherwise, all responsibility for the possible continuation of the bloodshed will be entirely on the conscience of the regime ruling on the territory of Modern Ukraine.

2. Vivek Katju:

   The Pakistan army has adhered to its longstanding doctrine of distinguishing between terrorist groups that are engaged in hostilities with it and those who are willing to act as its proxies whether in Afghanistan and India, pakistan ... cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hound.

3. State John Kerry:

   It is very clear that the cessation of hostilities is frayed and at risk, russia needs to understand that our patience is not infinite, and in fact very limited, with respect to whether or not Assad is going to be held accountable.

4. State John Kerry:

   And I believe that in the conversation that we had, we have reached a provisional agreement in principle on the terms of a cessation of hostilities that could begin in the coming days.

5. Chris Murphy:

   My concern is that the pace of activity directed at U.S. forces and the repeated retaliatory strikes against Iranian proxy forces are starting to look like what would qualify as a pattern of hostilities under the War Powers Act, both the Constitution and the War Powers Act require the president to come to Congress for a war declaration under these circumstances.