Attack
Attack noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Hostilities and attack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hostilities" instead a noun "Attack".
Hostilities
Hostilities noun - Fighting; acts of overt warfare.
Attack and hostilities are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a noun "Hostilities".
Both words in one sentence
- At the end of a fierce all-out battle, a Breaker can be a nuclear-scale attack; at the very beginning of hostilities, it's about as powerful and dangerous as a belch.
Source: Holding Back the Phlebotinum - Thus if two Houses begin an assassination war or other escalating hostilities, others will push them into an open attack as soon as possible — one side ceases to exist, the conflict ends.
Source: Leave No Survivors -
Groin Attack: Black Widow opens the hostilities against Ant-Man with a knee applied to the groin.
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