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Belligerent

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Noun

1. battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper

someone who fights (or is fighting)

Adjective

2. aggressive, belligerent

characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

Example Sentences:
'aggressive acts against another country'
'a belligerent tone'

3. belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring

engaged in war

Example Sentences:
'belligerent (or warring) nations'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Belligerent

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adjective
1. 
marked by readiness to fight or argue; aggressive
a belligerent tone
2. 
relating to or engaged in a legally recognized war or warfare
noun
3. 
a person or country engaged in fighting or war

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Belligerent

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adjective
1. 
at war; designating or of a state recognized under international law as being engaged in a war
2. 
of war; of fighting
3. 
seeking war; warlike
4. 
showing a readiness to fight or quarrel
a belligerent gesture or tone
noun
5. 
a belligerent person, group, or nation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Belligerent

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adj.
1. Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
2. Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.
n.
One that is hostile or aggressive, especially one that is engaged in war.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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