hostile tribe
Frequency: 6.37.5 per million words
A tribe that is unfriendly or antagonistic.
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- The early settlers often encountered hostile tribes in the uncharted territories.
- Explorers were advised to avoid the regions controlled by the hostile tribe.
- Peace negotiations with the hostile tribe proved difficult and ultimately failed.
- For centuries, the mountain pass was a dangerous route due to the presence of hostile tribes.
- The colonial army launched an offensive against the hostile tribe that had raided their outpost.
- Local villagers lived in constant fear of attacks from the hostile tribe across the river.
- Anthropologists are studying the cultural factors that might have led this tribe to become hostile.
- The expedition leader tried to establish friendly relations, but the tribe remained fiercely hostile.
- They had to fortify their camp every night, fearing an ambush from a hostile tribe.
- Rumors of a new, fiercely hostile tribe emerging from the jungle spread quickly.