Animosity and Combat

Animosity

Animosity noun - A deep-seated ill will.

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Combat and animosity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Combat" instead a noun "Animosity".

Nearby Word: animus

Combat noun - Active fighting during the course of a war.

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Animosity and combat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Animosity" instead a noun "Combat".

pure	pure animosity	pure combat
active	active animosity	active combat
actual	actual animosity	actual combat
real	real animosity	real combat
Other adjectives: hard, intense, serious, little, personal, general.

Meanwhile, in Warhammer Fantasy, just about any non-Black Orc unit has to make a Leadership test at the start of each turn they aren't in combat (called an Animosity test, in game).

Source: Silly Reason for War
Ever since Operation Desert Storm and The War on Terror, the animosity has lightened up a bit, since Reserves and National Guard units have served on combat deployments alongside regular component units on a regular basis.

Source: Interservice Rivalry

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