troops belonging to the enemy's military forces; "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles"
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"
marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development; "not able to accomplish much in such a hostile environment"
very unfriendly; "a hostile attitude"
not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"
very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
impossible to bring into friendly accord; "hostile factions"
something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"