hot war

/hɑt wɔər/
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Other forms: hot wars

Definitions of hot war
  1. noun
    actual fighting between the warring parties
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    antonyms:
    cold war
    a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare
    type of:
    war, warfare
    the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
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