'hostile' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'hostile' with 9 example sentences.
- hostile adjective
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: characterized by enmity or ill will
: not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
: impossible to bring into friendly accord
: very unfavorable to life or growth
: unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
- hostile noun
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: troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
Mars is a hostile planet.
It's a hostile environment.
The police tried to separate the two hostile gangs.
This submarine can operate in the most hostile conditions on the planet.
We got a hostile reception from the villagers.
The hostile army began to attack.
She is hostile to me.
Everybody took a hostile attitude toward illegal aliens.
Are they hostile or friendly?