hostile tribe

collocation in English

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hostile
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒs.taɪl/us
/ˈhɑː.stəl/
unfriendly and not ...
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tribe
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/traɪb/us
/traɪb/
a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns ...
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(Definition ofhostileandtribefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are not facing a situation of, as it were, ahostiletribe.
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Several years went by and the tribe was threatened by ahostiletribe.
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This caused anger among residents of the northern counties who lacked the means to defend themselves against thehostiletribe.
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He forbade the mistreatment of women and children of hostile tribes, while campaigns would last.
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The tribes agreed to this for protection from hostile tribes.
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The expedition encountered hostile tribes all along river.
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They were still subject to raids by hostile tribes.
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When exploring unmapped areas, wildlife, hostile tribes, and disease presented constant physical dangers.
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The hostile tribes refused to meet with him.
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Hostile tribes harassed settlers, forcing some to pull up stakes.
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Hostile tribes presented the settlers with great struggle, destroying some of their new land settlements.
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He pushed on to the interior, exercising constant vigilance to prevent attacks from hostile tribes.
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As a result, several hostile tribes in the area halted their raids on settlements and agreed to a peace treaty.
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Hostile tribes were avoided when possible.
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Hostile tribes were forced into conflict by the invasion as one tribe sought to escape and establish new hunting territories in country already occupied by another tribe.
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Aden had no fresh water and was often cut off from mainland water supplies by hostile tribes.
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