hostilities

Meanings

Noun

• fighting; acts of overt warfare
  • "the outbreak of hostilities"
• a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
• a state of deep-seated ill-will
• the feeling of a hostile person
• violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
• plural of hostility
• Acts of war.

Synonyms

aggression, antagonism, belligerency, enmity, hostility, ill will