Synonyms & Antonyms for hot war

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Examples of hot war in a Sentence

fortunately, the cool relationship between the two nations never escalated into a hot war

Recent Examples on the Web Russia’s strongman has sent an alarming buildup of troops and weaponry to the front lines with Ukraine—an escalation that threatens the renewal of a hot war in Europe, with America and Russia on opposing sides. — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2021 But a cold war, or a hot war, with a major foreign debt holder would be problematic. — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2021 The Court of the 1960s clearly believed that the United States people could deal with Communist propaganda, even during the hot war of that time. — Anupam Chander, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020 In the Middle East, as the clash between Turkey and Syria develops into a hot war, Syrian refugees have little to no medical support in the grim but very possible case that the virus spreads to them. — Alex Gladstein, Wired, 2 Mar. 2020 That effort starts in Ukraine, where a hot war has been underway in the east for five years, and a cyberwar underway in the capital, Kiev. — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019 The planet, Urras, is a lot like ours: beautiful, capitalistic, unequal, and filled with nations in continuous cold and hot wars. — Vox Staff, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018 War of 1812 Canadians did not burn down the White House during the war — Canada wasn't an independent country yet — but there was a hot war in the Detroit-Windsor area. — Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2018 When the occupant of the White House and the sycophants surrounding him are prepared to use anything, including real-world battles — trade wars and hot wars — to win a political battle at home, nothing and no one is safe. — Robert Reich, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2018

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