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belligerence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | belligerency |
| Type of | hostility, enmity, ill will |
| Has types | warpath |
| Derivation | belligerent |
belligerence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aggressiveness, pugnacity |
| Type of | disagreeableness |
| Has types | truculence, truculency, bellicosity, bellicoseness |
| Derivation | belligerent |
Examples of belligerence
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Besides, Latin America has been the victim of American belligerence for decades.
From the guardian.co.uk
Can Greece and the EU recover from the belligerence evident in the latest talks?
From the guardian.co.uk
Then there was the star's legendary capacity for booze, brawls and belligerence.
From the time.com
Earlier this year, Libya brokered a non-belligerence pact between Chad and Sudan.
From the time.com
In the process, the Western monotheisms advance from belligerence to tolerance.
From the washingtonpost.com
His is an ambivalent belligerence, comedy dressed up as vitriol and vice versa.
From the independent.co.uk
His continued and unprovoked belligerence is a symptom of prolonged use of crack.
From the swampland.time.com
It is easy for analysts to blame North Korea's belligerence on U.S. inconsistency.
From the washingtonpost.com
Russia and China's vetoes are necessary to check the belligerence of the West.
From the economist.com
- Hostile or warlike attitude or nature
- Aggressiveness: a natural disposition to be hostile
- (belligerent) aggressive: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"
- (belligerent) combatant: someone who fights (or is fighting)
- (belligerent) engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"
- (belligerently) with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner; "he pushed her against the wall belligerently"
- (belligerent) A state or other armed participant in warfare; Engaged in warfare, warring; Eager to go to war, warlike; Of or pertaining to war; Aggressively hostile, eager to fight; Acting violently towards others
- (Belligerent) When a person is constantly involved in conflict which they have provoked or voluntarily entered.
- (belligerent) argumentative, hostile, contentious
