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- noun Plural form of
hostile .
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Examples
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He knew his mother was on the island among the "hostiles" - when did he find this out?
LOST: Constant and Variable James F. McGrath 2009
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He knew his mother was on the island among the "hostiles" - when did he find this out?
Archive 2009-04-01 James F. McGrath 2009
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It was not by any means the largest assembly of Indians ever known, although other writers than Flashman have made this error; the largest gathering of so-called hostiles it may have been, but there were twice as many Indians present during the Camp Robinson council of the previous year.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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And year after year ragtag hostiles with primitive arms and no formal military tr ...
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And year after year ragtag hostiles with primitive arms and no formal military training circumvent and neutralize our most expensive and sophisticated and deadly weapons.
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And year after year ragtag hostiles with primitive arms and no formal military tr ...
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And year after year ragtag hostiles with primitive arms and no formal military training circumvent and neutralize our most expensive and sophisticated and deadly weapons.
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In the case of Norse Greenland, the hostiles were the Inuit, the Eskimos sharing Greenland with whom the Norse got off to bad relationships.
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In the case of Norse Greenland, the hostiles were the Inuit, the Eskimos sharing Greenland with whom the Norse got off to bad relationships.
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In the case of Norse Greenland, the hostiles were the Inuit, the Eskimos sharing Greenland with whom the Norse got off to bad relationships.
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