Meanings
hostilities1
noun
- pluralplural of hostility
hostilities2
nounhostilities pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyActs of war.
The GFAP also called for the deployment of an international armed force, under NATO leadership, of sixty thousand troops to supervise the cessation of hostilities and to provide framework security to enable civilian peace implementation.
2005, Ian Oliver, “The Road to Dayton Ohio”, in War & Peace in the Balkans: The Diplomacy of Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia, I.B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 91
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan hostilitats
- hostilitatsacts of war
Finnish sotatoimet
- sotatoimetacts of war
Russian боевы́е де́йствия, вое́нные де́йствия
- боевы́е де́йствия (bojevýje déjstvija)acts of war
- вое́нные де́йствия (vojénnyje déjstvija)acts of war
Spanish hostilidades
- hostilidadesacts of war
Ukrainian бойові́ ді́ї
- бойові́ ді́ї (bojoví díji)acts of war
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hostilities
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
hostilities. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hostilities
MLA
“hostilities.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hostilities. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hostilities,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hostilities.
Source: hostilities on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.