Related Words for hostile takeover

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coup
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Noun, Noun
scrum
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Noun
revolt
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Noun
power struggle
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Phrase, Noun
attempt
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Noun
invasion
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Noun
occupation
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Noun
standoff
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Noun
lockout
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Noun
attack
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Noun
sabotage
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Noun
cold war
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Phrase, Noun
onslaught
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Noun
incursion
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Noun
aggression
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Noun
clash
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Noun
intifada
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Noun
encounter
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Noun
confrontation
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Noun
grab
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Noun
home invasion
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Phrase, Noun
jihad
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Noun
challenge
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Noun
conquest
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Noun
depredation
xx/x
Noun
strike
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Noun
menace
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Noun
hard sell
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Phrase, Noun
bullying
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Noun
rapine
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Noun
raid
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Noun
coup de main
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Name, Name
harassment
x/x
Noun
robbery
/xx
Noun
conflict
/x
Noun
wait
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Verb
force majeure
/x/
Phrase, Noun
strife
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Noun
hostility
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Noun
war of nerves
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Phrase, Noun
character assassination
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Phrase, Noun
counterinsurgency
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Noun
shooting war
/x/
Phrase, Noun
terrorism
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Noun
trouble
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Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
hardball
/x
Noun
turf war
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Phrase, Noun
liquidation
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Noun
takedown
/x
Noun
siege
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Noun
capture
/x
Noun
altercation
xx/x
Noun
mutiny
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Noun
threat
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Noun
hostage
/x
Noun
vendetta
x/x
Noun
mugging
/x
Noun
fight to the finish
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
hunger strike
/x/
Phrase, Noun
call to arms
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Phrase, Noun
assassination
xxx/x
Noun
face off
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
force
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Noun
cheap shot
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Phrase, Noun
assault
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Noun
combat
/x
Noun
chopping block
/x/
Phrase, Noun
black bag operation
//xx/x
Name, Name
sortie
/x
Noun
outrage
/x
Noun
surgical strike
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Phrase, Noun
treason
/x
Noun
trespass
/x
Noun
death grip
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Phrase, Noun
retaliation
xxx/x
Noun
absorption
x/x
Noun
acceptance
x/x
Noun
acquire
x/x
Verb
acquisition
xx/x
Noun
adoption
x/x
Noun
adversarial
xx/xx
Adjective
adversaries
/xxx
Noun
adverse
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Adjective
adversity
x/xx
Noun
advisers
x/x
Noun
aggressive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
amicable
/xxx
Adjective
animosity
xx/xx
Noun
animus
/xx
Noun
annexation
xx/x
Noun
antagonism
x/xxx
Noun
antagonistic
xxx/x
Adjective
anti
/x
Adjective, Noun
anticlerical
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
antidumping
xx/x
Adjective
applicable
/xxx
Adjective
appropriation
xxx/x
Noun
arab
/x
Adjective, Name
assumption
x/x
Noun
at loggerheads
//xx
Phrase, Adjective
averse
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Adjective, Verb
backers
/x
Noun
bellicose
/xx
Adjective
belligerent
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
bid
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
buy
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Verb, Noun
buyback
/x
Noun
buyout
/x
Noun
care
/
Noun, Verb
central
/x
Adjective, Noun
closing
/x
Noun, Adjective
club
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Noun, Verb
communist
/xx
Adjective, Noun
commutation
xx/x
Noun
company
/xx
Noun, Verb
con
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Noun, Verb
contrary
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
control
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Noun, Verb
counterattack
/xxx
Noun, Verb
counteroffensive
xxx/x
Noun, Adjective
counterrevolutionary
xxxx/xxx
Adjective, Noun
debacle
x/x
Noun
declaratory
x/xxx
Adjective
defection
x/x
Noun
depart
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Verb, Noun
deportation
xx/x
Noun
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disadvantageous
xxx/x
Adjective
discriminatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
domination
xx/x
Noun
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
dumping
/x
Noun
encirclement
x/xx
Noun
enemies
/xx
Noun
enmity
/xx
Noun
expropriation
xxx/x
Noun
expulsion
x/x
Noun
fascist
/x
Adjective, Noun
feud
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Noun, Verb
foe
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Noun, Adjective
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
friendly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fugitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
grip
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Noun, Verb
handover
/xx
Noun
harmful
/x
Adjective
harsh
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
hateful
/x
Adjective
hawkish
/x
Adjective
ill
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
imperialist
x/xxx
Noun, Adjective
inclement
x/x
Adjective
inconsistent
xx/x
Adjective
incorporation
xxx/x
Noun
inhospitable
x/xxx
Adjective
inimical
x/xx
Adjective
injurious
x/xx
Adjective
insurgent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
irreconcilable
x/xxxx
Adjective, Noun
liberalizing
/xxxx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
loc
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
malicious
x/x
Adjective
merger
/x
Noun
monopoly
x/xx
Noun
nationalization
xxxx/x
Noun
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
newspapers
/xx
Noun
occupying
/xxx
Verb, Adjective
offensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
opponent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
opposed
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Adjective
opposite
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
opposition
xx/x
Noun
ownership
/xx
Noun
parties
/x
Noun
poisonous
/xx
Adjective
pollution
x/x
Noun
possession
x/x
Noun, Verb
predatory
/xxx
Adjective
procurement
x/x
Noun
public
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
purchase
/x
Noun, Verb
putsch
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Noun
readmission
xx/x
Noun
rebellious
x/x
Adjective
rebound
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Noun, Verb
recapture
x/x
Verb, Noun
receipt
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Noun, Verb
receivership
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Noun
receiving
x/x
Noun
reception
x/x
Noun
recovery
x/x
Noun
recurrence
x/x
Noun
redemption
x/x
Noun
refractory
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
regulative
/xxx
Adjective
repatriation
xxx/x
Noun
repayment
x/x
Noun
repressive
x/x
Adjective
repurchase
x/x
Verb, Noun
reside
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Verb, Noun
resistant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
restrictive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
resume
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Verb, Noun
resumption
x/x
Noun
resurgence
x/x
Noun
retroactive
xx/x
Adjective
revival
x/x
Noun
rival
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
runner
/x
Noun
seizure
/x
Noun, Verb
serving
/x
Noun
socialist
/xx
Adjective, Name
sprinter
/x
Noun
stranglehold
/xx
Noun, Verb
sub
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Noun, Verb
subjugation
/x/x
Noun
subversion
x/x
Noun
takeovers
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Noun
takes
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Noun
tenure
/x
Noun, Verb
toma
/x
Noun
tough
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
transfer
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Noun, Verb
transposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
truculent
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Adjective
trusteeship
x/x
Noun
unconstitutional
xxx/xx
Adjective
unfavorable
x/xxx
Adjective
unfriendly
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
uptake
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Noun, Verb