Usually means: Active, open conflict between states.
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  1. hot war: Merriam-Webster
  2. hot war: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hot war: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hot war: Vocabulary.com
  5. hot war: Wiktionary
  6. hot war: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. hot war: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. hot war: Dictionary.com
  9. Hot War, Hot war: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. hot war: Rhymezone
  11. hot war: FreeDictionary.org
  12. hot war: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. hot war: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hot war)

▸ noun:  A conflict in which physically violent fighting takes place between the belligerent parties.

Similar:
hard war, hot zone, warring, shooting war, warfare, confrontation, warfighting, engagement, gang war, war zone, more...

Opposite:
cold war, peace, ceasefire, armistice

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Similar:
hard war, hot zone, warring, shooting war, warfare, confrontation, warfighting, engagement, gang war, war zone, more...

Opposite:
cold war, peace, ceasefire, armistice



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