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hostile collapse: 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"

speculate collapse: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"; talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"; invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

fumble collapse: (sports) dropping the ball; drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"; handle clumsily; make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"

operate collapse: happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"; handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"; direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

trial balloon collapse: a balloon sent up to test air currents; a test of public opinion

functioning collapse: performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight"

crosier collapse: a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office

parlay collapse: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers; stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

antagonism collapse: (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure; an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility; the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"

dabble collapse: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid; work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"; play in or as if in water, as of small children

reciprocation collapse: alternating back-and-forth movement; the act of making or doing something in return

bone of contention collapse: the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"

outreach collapse: the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit"

cantankerous collapse: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

crosswise collapse: in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross; lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"; not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"

fidget collapse: a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"; move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"

impregnation collapse: the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether"; material with which something is impregnated; "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"

tableau collapse: any dramatic scene; a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)

secret agent collapse: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

dancing collapse: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

drama collapse: the quality of being arresting or highly emotional; the literary genre of works intended for the theater; an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

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