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  • adjective Not hostile; free of hostility

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non- +‎ hostile

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Examples

  • In Iraq, a U.S. soldier has been killed in what the military calls a nonhostile accident.

    CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2005 2005

  • The latest U.S. killed in Iraq: 1,028 U.S. troops up until this point the Pentagon says have been killed between hostile and so - called nonhostile action.

    CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2004 2004

  • Roughly 20% of "Iraq war" deaths are from illness, accident, suicide or other "nonhostile" causes.

    From the WSJ Opinion Archives James Taranto 2007

  • Being able to identify themselves as "nonhostile" at a distance was no bad idea.

    Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991

  • Being able to identify themselves as "nonhostile" at a distance was no bad idea.

    Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991

  • Accidental deaths a problem for troops in Iraq he 130,000 U.S. troops serving in Iraq are more likely to die in accidents, from natural causes or in other "nonhostile" incidents than at the hands of insurgents, according to Defense Department statistics for the past eight months ending in April.

    The Seattle Times 2009

  • WASHINGTON - The 130,000 U.S. troops serving in Iraq are more likely to die in accidents, from natural causes or in other "nonhostile" incidents than at the hands of insurgents, according to Defense Department statistics for the past eight months ending in April.

    The Seattle Times 2009

  • WASHINGTON - The 130,000 U.S. troops serving in Iraq are more likely to die in accidents, from natural causes or in other "nonhostile" incidents than at the hands of insurgents, according to Defense Department statistics for the past eight months ending in April.

    The Seattle Times 2009

  • Accidental deaths a problem for troops in Iraq he 130,000 U.S. troops serving in Iraq are more likely to die in accidents, from natural causes or in other "nonhostile" incidents than at the hands of insurgents, according to Defense Department statistics for the past eight months ending in April.

    The Seattle Times 2009

  • Come on now lay off the guy and give him a chance to explain himself in a normal nonhostile manner …

    Think Progress » Drilling Is Not The Solution To Create Jobs And Reduce Reliance On Foreign Oil 2010

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