English to English adjective
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characterized by enmity or ill will |  | Example: a hostile nation a hostile remark hostile actions
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not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally |  | Example: hostile naval and air forces
source: wordnet30
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Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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impossible to bring into friendly accord |  | Example: hostile factions
source: wordnet30
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very unfavorable to life or growth |  | Example: a hostile climate an uncongenial atmosphere an uncongenial soil the unfriendly environment at high altitudes
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unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) |  | Example: hostile takeover hostile tender offer hostile bid
source: wordnet30 noun
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troops belonging to the enemy's military forces |  | Example: the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles
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An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. |  | source: webster1913
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