The outbreak of hostilities. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Protection of persons who have taken part in hostilities. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Declaring an end to hostilities is generally an executive duty. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
(A) a member of the regular forces of a State party engaged in hostilities against the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Goldy Confesses...] Reference
If you think the question of the territory of active hostilities is simply irrelevant, then I suppose it is. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare and the Harvard National Security Conference] Reference
More than 60 American troops were killed in hostilities there this month, many of them in helicopter crashes. From Wordnik.com. [November 2003] Reference
“Police were not combatants and could not represent legitimate targets unless actively engaged in hostilities,” she pointed out. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Self-Defense] Reference
The term 'unlawful enemy combatant' means an individual engaged in hostilities against the United States who is not a lawful enemy combatant. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Goldy Confesses...] Reference
His protection is modified while taking an active part in hostilities, so he becomes a military objective who may be killed or captured by US forces. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
The point is that the growing danger that the Israelis perceive will probably prompt them to find a way to get the US involved in hostilities with Iran. From Wordnik.com. [Candidates Punt on Iraq-Israel « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
In December, without any independent evidence that the men had engaged in hostilities against the United States, U.S. officials sent them to Guantanamo Bay. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: Ungood. Double-Plus Ungood] Reference
The "compromise" bill from last week defined "unlawful enemy combatant" as "an individual engaged in hostilities against the United States who is not a law enemy combatant.". From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Spying: Spies, like civilians who participate in hostilities without a privilege to do so, do not receive prisoner or was status upon capture in international armed conflict. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
It is an agreement on language to cease hostilities, which is different than a cease-fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2006] Reference
Marie de Medicis was, however, less placable; and much as she deprecated the idea of hostilities with. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 3] Reference
Whatever they are, Israel's settlers are most certainly not "civilian persons who take no part in hostilities.". From Wordnik.com. [Sharmine Narwani: Israel's Human Shields and Live Bait] Reference
Additional Protocol I does not grant prisoner of war status to persons who unlawfully participate in hostilities. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Snow: There Is Too Much Focus on Kidnapped U.S. Soldiers] Reference
The hostilities are a reversal of last year's civil war that ravaged Brazzaville and resulted in up to 10,000 deaths when. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Civilians shall enjoy the protection afforded by this section, unless and for such time as they take a direct part in hostilities. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Self-Defense] Reference
At the news of any kind of hostilities she cannot be trusted. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu] Reference
(1) Reconstruction of a belligerent during hostilities is not legitimate. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident] Reference
That will stop all kind of hostilities, includes -- it includes aerial bombardment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2002] Reference
I am also too young to have ever known any kind of hostilities myself, for which I am always thankful. From Wordnik.com. [Letters From those that wear the bracelets - Vol. 1] Reference
You are approaching an area of hostilities which is under a naval blockade. From Wordnik.com. [IMRA Middle East News Updates] Reference
Forcing them to participate in the hostilities is a war crime, "she underlined. From Wordnik.com. [GlobalSecurity.org] Reference
'hostilities' prevail, as long 'as the waters fill (?) the sea.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
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