hostile

  1. Adjective.  Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly.
  2. Noun.  (mostly, plural) An enemy, especially an American Indian in arms against the whites.

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