hostilities
ho sti luh teez
- n fighting; acts of overt warfare
the outbreak of hostilities - n a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
- n a state of deep-seated ill-will
- n the feeling of a hostile person
- n violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
- Cessation of hostilities would create the environment conducive to addressing such problems in a candid manner.
- Soon after the hostilities ended, Hizballah and its allies staged massive protests demanding that Siniora's government resign.
- And the Bush Administration wants to make sure that when hostilities are halted in Lebanon, Hizballah's score is a round zero.