hot war

Noun

Meaning

actual fighting between the warring parties

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In Australia civil defence plans were not prepared in the 1980s, at the height of Cold War anxieties about a hot war breaking out – then between the USSR and America. Source: Internet

Ice breakers generally do not sail in the Caribbean but we can expect more unlikely events to take place in order to get Congress and the public to prepare for a hot war. Source: Internet

How might a hot war between Israel and Iran play out? Source: Internet

Should this threat develop, it is more likely to emerge as a proxy conflict than a direct U.S.-China spat, and thus be potentially containable, but obviously, a hot war is the worst possible outcome if it ever comes close to that. Source: Internet

Even before the proclamation of the “strongest sanctions in history,” everyone wants details on the US Treasury’s new form of financial war, even more deadly than a hot war. Source: Internet

While low-level violence continues unabated, it has less potential to escalate in an era of Middle Eastern cold and hot war. Source: Internet

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