A state of open, prolonged fighting:
conflict, confrontation, hostility (used in plural), strife, struggle, war, warfare. See conflictWarlike or hostile attitude or nature:
bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See attackHostile behavior:
aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy. See attackThe power or will to fight:
bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, combativeness, contentiousness, fight, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See conflict
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