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What does hostility mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The state of being hostile.
  2. (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
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For many managers, passing judgment on another human being is an awkward exercise at best, a breeding ground for rancor and hostility at worst.
By the second year, this xenophobic propensity has ripened into expressions of full-blown fear and hostility.
There is a politically correct hostility against streaming students and against grade acceleration.
The left-arm fast bowler, extracting much lift, bowled with hostility to contain the batsmen.
She believes women themselves have shown hostility to reversing this trend.
My message is that hostility can be turned to our advantage if we're better, smarter, wiser at the end of the season.

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