Choose the right word

• The lead engineer is known to be [hot-headed / territorial / get defensive] when builds fail unexpectedly.
• The infrastructure team became very [silo mentality / territorial / hot-headed] about server permissions.
• A strict [silo mentality / turf war / bad blood] prevents effective cross-departmental collaboration.
• The conflict over project ownership turned into an absolute [turf war / silo mentality / bad blood] in Chicago.
• He threatened to [blow up / bicker / snap at] if the release was delayed again.
• They continue to [bicker / blow up / snap at] over minor naming conventions.
• You should not [snap at / bicker / blow up] junior developers when they ask basic questions.
• The manager tried to [smooth things over / point fingers / get defensive] before the client call.
• There was a lot of [bad blood / turf war / silo mentality] between the two tech leads.
• When bugs arise, it is unhelpful to [point fingers / get defensive / smooth things over] at other developers.
• Try not to [get defensive / snap at / blow up] when receiving constructive code feedback.

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