"hot war" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hot wars [plural]
Etymology: By analogy with cold war. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hot war (plural hot wars)
  1. A conflict in which physically violent fighting takes place between the belligerent parties. Categories (topical): War Synonyms: shooting war Translations (conflict with actual fighting): kuuma sota (Finnish), guerre chaude [feminine] (French), otwarta wojna [feminine] (Polish), guerra caliente [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "conflict with actual fighting",
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