NOUN
- hostile or warlike attitude or nature
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fighting; acts of overt warfare
the outbreak of hostilities
the outbreak of hostilities
How To Use belligerency In A Sentence
- Unprivileged belligerency is not a violation of the law of war for Omar Khadr any more than it would be for you to fight against an invading army to protect your home and family. Balkinization
- Armed conflict is defined in functional terms, unlike a state of war which is triggered by a formal state of belligerency between two states.
- Suddenly word came that four of the TWA hostages had been kept behind, still held by Hezbollah who were said to be seeking a “nonbelligerency” guarantee from the United States. Turmoil and Triumph
- Will belligerency and jingoism solve the issues and problems the two countries face?
- Instead, he says, Israelis and Palestinians should strive for a "nonbelligerency accord" based on the current alignment in the West Bank and Gaza, economic cooperation and the long-term possibility of establishing a "Palestinian entity. The Hawk Takes Flight
- There should be an interim agreement or a situation of nonbelligerency. 'I Can Make Peace'
- Sharon talked of a nonbelligerency pact, persuaded that Palestinians were not prepared to genuinely recognize the Jewish people's right to their homeland and that peace without such recognition at best could only be a guarded lull. Israel & Palestine: Can They Start Over?
- It argued in effect that jurisdiction over the offense is sufficient for trial of an accused by military commission, when the charge includes the offense of unlawful enemy belligerency.
- It argued in effect that jurisdiction over the offense is sufficient for trial of an accused by military commission, when the charge includes the offense of unlawful enemy belligerency.
- Will belligerency and jingoism solve the issues and problems the two countries face?