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Meanings of belligerency in English

Catalan
bel·ligerància

Hostile or warlike attitude or nature.

bel·ligerància

Fighting; acts of overt warfare.

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Examples for "hostilities"
Examples for "hostilities"
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China and Russia expressed concern the plans could aggravate Middle East hostilities.
Radio NZ
2
In earlier modern American conflicts, hostilities took place on a foreign battlefield.
War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
3
But this procrastination of actual hostilities was terminated in the following manner:-
Rattlin the Reefer
4
He now appears likely to stay in his post while hostilities continue.
The Irish Times
5
In fact the Government had recognised this long before hostilities broke out.
BBC
Usage of belligerency in English
1
The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
The Constitution of Japan, 1946
2
But instead of arousing belligerency, they aroused an almost frantic agitation.
Children of the Whirlwind
3
Turkey's active belligerency, in order to blockade Russia from the south, had become imperative.
The guns of august
4
There was muffled and meditative belligerency in the look.
Never-Fail Blake
5
Senator Morgan's bill for recognizing the belligerency of Cuba has been debated in the Senate.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 29...
6
They are never troubled by the consequences of belligerency.
The Crime Against Europe: A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914
7
No work of antiquity is free from this belligerency.
A Hero and Some Other Folks
8
Shall it be whispered that I regretted his belligerency?
A Far Country — Volume 1
9
Canada is saying, with a little note of belligerency in her voice-What'sPanama to us?
The Canadian Commonwealth
10
On May 13, he met the official announcement that England recognized the belligerency of the Confederacy.
The Education of Henry Adams
11
But even in the courage and belligerency of baboons, there are some marked differences between species.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
12
The early combinations of men were first a grouped predacity-organizedhunting; then a grouped belligerency,-organizedwarfare.
The Man-Made World; Or, Our Androcentric Culture
13
The St. Albans raid, which occurred a few months later, was a similar act of belligerency.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
14
The detective faced him with a fierce belligerency.
The Abandoned Room
15
The rebels are poorly armed, but if our Government recognizes their belligerency they'll soon fix that.
Rainbow's End
16
Upon his arrival he found England had proclaimed her neutrality and recognized the belligerency of the South.
A Straight Deal; Or, The Ancient Grudge
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Belligerency through the time