Definition of "nonhostile" [nonhostile]

• Not hostile; free of hostility (adjective)

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• "In Iraq, a U.S. soldier has been killed in what the military calls a nonhostile accident."
• "The latest U.S. killed in Iraq: 1,028 U.S. troops up until this point the Pentagon says have been killed between hostile and so - called nonhostile action."
• "Roughly 20% of "Iraq war" deaths are from illness, accident, suicide or other "nonhostile" causes."