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Definition of Hot war
1. Noun. Actual fighting between the warring parties.
Definition of Hot war
1. Noun. A conflict in which actual fighting takes place between the belligerent parties. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hot War
Literary usage of Hot war
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mr. Urquhart on the Italian War: Speech Delivered During Its Continuance by David Urquhart (1839)
"Excusing the conduct of his grandfather, he says, " He had to meet the wiles of
an empress who sought to involve England and France in a hot war while she ..."
2. Russian Defense Business Directory: St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblastedited by Franklin J. Carvalho edited by Franklin J. Carvalho (1998)
"Cold, not hot, war - Remember, our two countries have never fought against each
other; it was a cold, not hot, war they engaged in for much of the previous ..."
3. History of St. Andrews: Episcopal, Monastic, Academic, and Civil, Comprising by Charles Jobson Lyon (1843)
"The " hot war " that was then raging between England and Scotland, was owing to
the latter country having recently renewed the " ancient alliance " with ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"The big King of Sweden had a standing quarrel with his big Cousin of Poland,
which broke out into hot War; little Preussen lay between them, and was like to ..."
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