belligerency

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hostilities belligerence war warlike conflict fighting fight hostile aggressive aggression threatening hostility militant animosity antagonism

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Antonyms

amity friendship charity attachment affection fellowship

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Hypernyms

combat hostility enmity ill-will armed combat

Hyponyms

warpath

Examples

Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well. Henry Cabot Lodge

the outbreak of hostilities Source: Internet

With the ravages of democratic ideas, however, the modern republic cannot go to war under the old conceptions of autocracy and death-dealing belligerency. Source: Internet

She could relate to belligerency, and they became fast friends. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

belliferous belligerati belligerence belligerent belligerent behavior belligerent driving