In numerous cases the spirit of trees is personified, usually in female form. In Ancient Greece, the Alseids were nymphs associated with groves (alsos, grove), while the Dryads were forest nymphs who guarded the trees. Sometimes armed with an axe, Dryads would punish anyone harming the trees.
Definition of competitive for English Language Learners. : 1  of or relating to a situation in which people or groups are trying to win a contest or be more successful than others : relating to or involving competition. : 2  having a strong desire to win or be the best at something.
Abusive marketing, is when your marketing pitch or marketing endeavor actually offends people. For example there are a ton of advertisements on tv now that actually are comical, it seems the new best way to get a consumers attention. A good representation of abusive marketing would be if one of those ads actually making a farce of a topic to the point that it offends someone in a legitimate way.