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Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like..

Hostility :: Hostility (n.) An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy..

Hostile :: Hostile (n.) An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural..

Front :: Front (v. t.) To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.

Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces..

Enemy :: Enemy (n.) One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood..

Adversary :: Adversary (n.) One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.

Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter..

Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon..

Caravan :: Caravan (n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa..

Encounter :: Encounter (v. t.) A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter..

Affront :: Affront (n.) An encounter either friendly or hostile.

Inimicality :: Inimicality (n.) The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness.

Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.

Hostilely :: Hostilely (adv.) In a hostile manner.

Bushwhacker :: Bushwhacker (n.) A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers..

Deadly :: Deadly (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies..

Raid :: Raid (n.) A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

Congress :: Congress (n.) A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter..

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