noun
1 opposition/aggressive feelings or actions
ADJECTIVE
▪ bitter ( esp. BrE ), considerable , deep , extreme , great , implacable
▪ downright , open , outright , overt
▪
Mixed-race couples faced open ~.
▪ veiled
▪
There was a barely veiled ~ in her tone.
▪ general , widespread
▪ popular ( esp. BrE ), public
▪
the widespread popular ~ to the war
▪ personal
▪ continuing , growing
▪ mutual
▪ racial
VERB + HOSTILITY
▪ feel , sense
▪
the deep ~ felt by many teenagers against the police
▪ express , show
▪ arouse , attract ( esp. BrE ), provoke
▪
Such a move might arouse public ~.
▪ be greeted with , be met with , encounter , face , meet with
▪
The proposal was met with outright ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
▪
You could almost feel the ~ between her and her mother.
▪ ~ against , ~ to , ~ towards/toward
▪
the bitter ~ towards/toward the occupying forces
2 hostilities fighting in a war
ADJECTIVE
▪ major
▪ active ( esp. AmE )
VERB + HOSTILITIES
▪ cease , end
▪
Both sides finally agreed to suspend hostilities.
▪ resume ( esp. BrE )
▪
Hostilities were resumed later that year.
HOSTILITIES + VERB
▪ begin , break out , commence
▪ cease , end
▪
On the November 11, 1918, hostilities ceased.
▪ continue , resume ( esp. BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
the official cessation of hostilities against Japan
▪ ~ between
▪
Hostilities broke out between the two provinces later that year.
PHRASES
▪ the cessation of hostilities
▪ an outbreak of hostilities