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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hostile vehicle en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (attributive, usually) a vehicle being used as an improvised weapon, intending to ram people or structures or deliver a bomb
    • 2017 Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee "Hostile vehicle guidelines for crowded places" Recent terrorist incidents and violent extremist propaganda demonstrate that hostile vehicle attacks continue to be of interest to violent extremists globally
    • there are some new benches (which also double up as hostile-vehicle barriers) 2024 September 12, Oliver Wainwright, “Total bollards: the iconic ‘eco-Blade Runner’ roundabout that became a grim £132m ‘abomination’”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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hostile vehicles Number=Plur lexicographic
hostile-vehicle alternative lexicographic