Hostilities in a sentence as a noun

As such, the hostilities between these old friends is hard to gauge. At this point, the presumption is that it's all in good fun.

The unfortunate difference between then and now is that then there was a clear end to the hostilities. The "war on terror" has no such clear end.

If there's a need, some of them - probably hundreds of them - would find their way to the hostilities. But I'm not sure there is the will to escalate the situation this far.

> If there's a need, some of them - probably hundreds of them - would find their way to the hostilities. Everything will end very quickly if real guns pop up.

People hide their badges when going outside of the factory to avoid any hostilities. This has nothing to do with technology.

The link you showed shows the polls pre-hostilities, up to October 2013. These data are useless now - once it started, everything changed.

What is making news is the eruption of hostilities in the first place. For example, compare the coverage of Gaza to Iraq, Ukraine, etc.

Now we're engaged in hostilities not declared as a war and without clearly defined victory conditions. If enemies in that conflict are treated as POWs, their detention is indefinite.

We, the people, no longer have a say in the matter as our elected representatives will not take a stand one way or another; they will chatter at great length, but will not declare a beginning nor end to hostilities. ETA: emphasis is "declare war".

Even the actual influencing of decisions to engage in hostilities is so everyday as to be unremarkable. For example, the big defense contractors spent a whole lot of money lobbying members of Congress to convince them that the 2009 Afghanisatan surge was a good idea.

Specifically, note Rule 22 and commentary: > "An international armed conflict exists whenever there are hostilities, which may include or be limited to cyber operations occurring between two states or more . .

Use [of] lethal force in a foreign country outside the area of active hostilities against an American citizen who is a senior operational leader of al-Qa'ida

> Under the terms of the ceasefire, Japan has agreed to end all hostilities, release all prisoners of war, and comply with the terms of the Potsdam declaration, which confines its sovereignty to the four main islands which make up Japan. > Under the terms of the ceasefire, Japan has agreed to end all hostilities, release all prisoners of war, and comply with the terms of the Potsdam declaration, which confines its sovereignty to the four main islands which make up Japan.

I can't image that the traditional schools will be any good at this if they do try, given long-standing academic hostilities towards the business of being in business, but some of the younger less hidebound institutions might well be successful. Consider the present University of Phoenix, a future Khan Academy, and a range of other entities establishing their own early stage venture funds, or partnering with venture funds to do something new in this space - it isn't so far fetched an idea.

Indeed, this is referenced explicitly in the piece that he quotes: As with the experience of the American Irish, Italians, Jews, and many other groups, the Asian experience shows that racial divisions and hostilities can subside over time. But regarding that piece, I found the following passage problematic: And it’s evidence of the essential fairness of the American capitalist system, which has rewarded this hard work even though many people, including many government officials, tried to penalize it.

Hostilities definitions

noun

fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities"

See also: belligerency