Begin+hostilities
1begin hostilities against — index attack Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2begin — commence, begin, start 1. Commence is a more formal Latinate word for begin or start. Fowler s advice (1926) was to use begin and its derivatives except when these seem incongruous (which is in fact rare); occasions when commence is more… …
3open hostilities — begin a hostile action, start an act of war or aggression …
4Menachem Begin — מנחם בגין 6th Prime Minister of Israel In office 21 June 1977 – 10 October 1983 Preceded by Yitzhak Rabin …
5take arms — Begin hostilities …
6attack — attackable, adj. attacker, n. /euh tak /, v.t. 1. to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands. 2. to begin hostilities against; start an… …
7attack — at•tack [[t]əˈtæk[/t]] v. t. 1) to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: The guard dog attacked the prowler[/ex] 2) mil to begin hostilities against; start an offensive against …
8attack — /əˈtæk / (say uh tak) verb (t) 1. to set upon with force or weapons; begin hostilities against: attack the enemy. 2. to direct unfavourable criticism, argument, etc., against; blame or abuse violently. 3. to set about (a task) or go to work on (a …
9attack — at·tack n: an attempt to prove something invalid or incorrect esp. through judicial procedures made an attack on the will as not properly witnessed; specif: an attempt to have the judgment of a court corrected or overruled collateral attack: an… …
10battle — n 1. clash, struggle, strife, contention, tussle, scuffle; contest, war, bout, Armageddon; skirmish, action, brush; combat, warfare, fighting, hostilities; collision, conflict, meeting, engagement, encounter, rencounter; fight, donnybrook, Scot.… …
