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hostile
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Adjective
  • unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
    • hostile takeover
    • hostile tender offer
    • hostile bid
  • very unfavorable to life or growth
    • a hostile climate
    • an uncongenial atmosphere
    • an uncongenial soil
    • the unfriendly environment at high altitudes
  • impossible to bring into friendly accord
    • hostile factions
  • not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
    • hostile naval and air forces
  • characterized by enmity or ill will
    • a hostile nation
    • a hostile remark
    • hostile actions
Noun
  • troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
    • the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles
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