hot war

English

Etymology

By analogy with cold war.

Noun

hot war (plural hot wars)

1. A conflict in which physically violent fighting takes place between the belligerent parties.

   Synonym: shooting war

   Hypernym: war

   Antonym: cold war

   Coordinate term: cyberwar

Translations

conflict with actual fighting

• Finnish: kuuma sota
• French: guerre chaude (fr) f
• Polish: otwarta wojna f
• Spanish: guerra caliente f

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