Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 5 compound words that contain hostile. The most common are listed below. Open hostile in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- hostile environmentAn immigration policy in which service providers such as doctors, landlords and banks must perform ID checks to verify that potential clients have legal right to remain.
- hostile takeoverAn attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management.
- hostile architectureA type of architecture and design strategy for buildings, roads, park benches, etc, which aims to discourage homeless people, skateboarders, or others from sitting, sleeping, skateboarding or otherwise using a space, for example by …
- hostile witnessA witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness.
- hostile possessionSynonym of adverse possession: A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive …
- hostile takeoversplural of hostile takeover: An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management.
- hostile vehiclea vehicle being used as an improvised weapon, intending to ram people or structures or deliver a bomb
- user-hostileDifficult to use, especially for an untrained user.
- go hostileTo engage in a hostile takeover of another company.
- goes hostilethird-person singular simple present indicative of go hostile: To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.
- going hostilepresent participle and gerund of go hostile
- gone hostilepast participle of go hostile: To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.
- hostile witnessesplural of hostile witness: A witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness.
- went hostilesimple past of go hostile
- hostile possessionsplural of hostile possession: A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive …
Compound words 5
- hostilenessThe quality of being hostile.
- semihostileSomewhat or partly hostile.
- unhostileNot hostile.
- hostilizeTo make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.
- nonhostileNot hostile; free of hostility