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Engagement in conflict, especially war
“If the decision is made after hostilities have ceased, it is more likely to favor civil liberty than if made while hostilities continue.”
A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place
Plural for aggressive, hostile or malicious feelings or behavior
“At that time, my enthusiasm met a cold blast of indifference or hostility from most of the people I talked to about it.”
Plural for antagonism or ill will felt against others
“Nick looked up and gave a bright and saccharine smile that hid his hostility towards his neighbor well.”
Plural for a disagreement or argument between two or more parties
“Never had there been such loud hostility between them, and least of all in public.”
Plural for resistance or dissent expressed in action
“The people, united by their open hostility towards the government and a common determination to be heard, dispersed.”
Plural for warfare, or acts of warfare
“It also reflects a conscious effort by the people, who have suffered much in the two World Wars, to prevent continued hostility between the two nations.”
Plural for violent and hostile behavior or acts
“This violent hostility was thoroughly justified by the men of that time.”
Plural for the refusal to accept or comply with something
“There was certainly widespread hostility to the newly arrived Berbers in the first quarter of the eleventh century.”
Plural for the state or experience of being alienated or estranged
“Is this not an attempt to place the Dalai Lama in a position of hostility to his motherland?”
Plural for a feeling of dislike or hatred towards something or someone
Plural for the state, act, or fact of being reserved or unsociable
Plural for complaint, criticism
Plural for habitual skepticism, or a refusal or reluctance to accept ideas
Plural for a chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government
Plural for the state or quality of being sullen
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