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Meanings of hostile in English
Usage of hostile in English
1
Asked about a possible hostile takeover of GM, Marchionne said: Not hostile.
2
Of course Sure Start couldn't survive in such a hostile funding climate.
3
Young victims will be interrogated by trained adults, hostile to their position.
4
French hostile acts during the days had already made war a fact.
5
I'm simply the product of a hostile planetary environment, Mayhew said comfortably.
6
Journalists said the atmosphere in the room after the speech was hostile.
7
Tenet fended off a hostile takeover effort from Community Health in 2011.
8
In short, encapsulation showed protection and stability to probiotic in hostile conditions.
9
All these hostile occurrences put the national capital in the greatest danger.
10
This allows the bacteria to inhabit several different, and often hostile, environments.
11
In new Twitter, the most common interaction will be a hostile reply.
12
The response from many London MPs, particularly Conservatives, was notably more hostile.
13
If retailers recent operating environment was hostile, the current climate is inhospitable.
14
It is considered a hostile, icy place at the best of times.
15
Science was powerless; nature was hostile and the stronger of the two.
16
It could also take longer because the bid was hostile, GKN said.
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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