hostile act

collocation in English

meaningsofhostileandact

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hostile
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒs.taɪl/us
/ˈhɑː.stəl/
unfriendly and not ...
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act
noun
uk
/ækt/us
/ækt/
something that ...
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(Definition ofhostileandactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhostile act

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Furthermore, the government's decision to remove their citizenship rights and social security was ahostileactthat only served to foster their mistrust and political disloyalty.
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He assured me that the motion was in no way intended as ahostileactand did not require any retaliation.
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Of course to land helicopters and aircraft with troops in the middle of the territory of another country is a military andhostileact.
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The fact that an employer is giving facilities to a union should be welcomed by him and not regarded as ahostileact.
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In other words, we have done something which in a sense might even be described as ahostileact.
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It is no good our regarding it as ahostileactor as the cold war.
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Civil defence should also be available to meet the spread of disease and chemical or radioactive fall-out, whether through accident orhostileact.
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To treat humanitarian delivery as ahostileactand to treat aid workers as combatants could not be deemed legal or legitimate.
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The proven fact is that civilization inevitably suffers losses through injustice and hostile acts, as we have mentioned, and it is the dynasty that suffers therefrom.
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What plans he has to improve the take-up of war pensions among ex-service personnel and civilians injured by hostile acts in world war two.
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That view may be regrettable, wrongful, and monstrous, but such air drops may be regarded as potentially hostile acts.
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Any one of these hostile acts might have led to war.
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The police, who have special opportunities for gauging the feeling among alien enemies, are satisfied that no organisation exists amongst them for carrying out hostile acts.
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The response was that there were no hostile acts west of the date line.
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International law absolutely requires a ship of war to fly its ensign at the commencement of any hostile acts, i.e., before firing on the enemy.
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Despite hostile acts from its competitors, the new company was quite profitable from the start and, by 1726, was able to declare a 33 percent dividend.
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