Hostilities: alternatives and connections

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; ass…

The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility

To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to app…

Opposition; resistance; hostility.

A state of opposition; hostility.

a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"

the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"

Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress.

Hostility to images as objects of worship.

The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness.

The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.

To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike bac…

Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring.

indirect expression of hostility, such as through procrastination, stubbornness, sullenness, or deliberate or repeated failure to acco…