belligerency

Other forms: belligerencies

Definitions of belligerency
  1. noun
    fighting; acts of overt warfare
    synonyms: hostilities
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    type of:
    armed combat, combat
    an engagement fought between two military forces
  2. noun
    hostile or warlike attitude or nature
    synonyms: belligerence
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    types:
    warpath
    hostile or belligerent mood
    type of:
    enmity, hostility, ill will
    the feeling of a hostile person
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