Synonyms: hostilities, belligerency
Definition: fighting; acts of overt warfare
Usage: the outbreak of hostilities
Similar words: armed combat, combat
Definition: an engagement fought between two military forces
Synonyms: belligerence, belligerency
Definition: hostile or warlike attitude or nature
Similar words: hostility, ill will, enmity
Definition: the feeling of a hostile person
Usage: he could no longer contain his hostility