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  • 91hostile — adjective 1) a hostile attitude Syn: unfriendly, unkind, unsympathetic, antagonistic, aggressive, confrontational, belligerent 2) hostile conditions Syn: unfavourable, adverse, bad …

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  • 92hostile — Belonging to an enemy; appropriate to an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or a hostile people; inimical; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change. Ballard v Hansen, 33 Neb 861,… …

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  • 93hostile — adj. 1 of an enemy. 2 (often foll. by to) unfriendly, opposed. Phrases and idioms: hostile witness Law a witness who appears hostile to the party calling him or her and therefore untrustworthy. Derivatives: hostilely adv. Etymology: F hostile or… …

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  • 94hostile takeover — takeover ake o*ver n. (Business, Finance) The acquisition of ownership of one company by another company, usually by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock or by exchanging stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased… …

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  • 95hostile act — 1. A hostile act is an attack or other use of force by any civilian, paramilitary, or military force or terrorist(s) (with or without national designation) against the United States, US forces and, in certain circumstances, US nationals, their… …

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  • 96Hostile Waters (book) — Infobox Book name = Hostile Waters title orig = translator = image caption = author = Peter Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin and R. Alan White illustrator = cover artist = country = language = series = subject = genre = publisher = St. Martin s Press pub …

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  • 97hostile takeover — A takeover of a company (usually made by an open tender offer to shareholders) against the wishes of the current management and the Board of Directors by an acquiring company or raider. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * hostile takeover… …

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  • 98hostile — [ˈhɒstaɪl] adj 1) behaving in a very unfriendly or threatening way 2) opposing something The local community was hostile to plans for a new motorway.[/ex] 3) a hostile place or situation is difficult or dangerous to be in …

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  • 99hostile — hos•tile [[t]ˈhɒs tl[/t]] esp. brit. [[t] taɪl[/t]] adj. 1) of or pertaining to an enemy 2) opposed in feeling, action, or character; antagonistic: hostile criticism[/ex] 3) not friendly or hospitable 4) cvb one that is hostile • Etymology:… …

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  • 100hostile track — grėsmingoji trasa statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Trasa, kuri pagal apibrėžtus kriterijus yra laikoma kelianti grėsmę. atitikmenys: angl. hostile track pranc. piste hostile …

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