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What does hostilities mean?

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Noun
  1. plural of hostility
  2. acts of war
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These treaties apply when the armed forces of sovereign nations engage in armed hostilities, and some sub-rules apply during civil conflicts.
When hostilities petered out following the conclusion of the Anglo-French peace of 1546, Anglo-Scottish relations remained as bad as ever.
Harrod blamed the Bishop for exploiting hostilities between groups of townsmen, so as to consolidate his own lordship over the borough.
He has also noted that about half the cases this year occurred during active hostilities or combat operations in the Persian Gulf.
It was all only verbal aggro and handbag hostilities but it did little credit to the participants.
In the battle of imaginary bad men, the hostilities between Satan and Santa are more or less an anagrammatical draw.

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