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belligerency Definition


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belligerent
adj
    1. Aggressive and unfriendly; ready to argue.
      Thesaurus: hostile, antagonistic, bellicose, contentious, aggressive, combative, militant, pugnacious, spoiling for a fight; Antonym: timid.
    2. Fighting a war; engaged in conflict.
noun
    1. A person, faction or country fighting a war.
Derivative: belligerence
noun
    Derivative: belligerently
    adverb
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin belligerare to wage war.



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