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hostiles

hostiles is the plural of hostile.

Meaning of hostile

Noun

hostile (plural hostiles)

  1. (in plural) An enemy.
    • The Japanese got their attack in first. About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise). Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were...2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 10:55 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022

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Questions about hostiles

What is hostiles the plural of?
Hostiles is the plural of hostile.

Words near hostiles in the dictionary

  1. hostile vehicle
  2. hostile witness
  3. hostile witnesses
  4. hostilely
  5. hostileness
  6. hostiles
  7. hostilities
  8. hostility
  9. hostilize
  10. hostilized
  11. hostilizes

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