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belligerent

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1. belligerent - Noun

2. belligerent - Adjective

4. belligerent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Waging war; carrying on war.

Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

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For belligerent purposes, the 14th century, like the 20th, commanded a technology more sophisticated than the mental and moral capacity that guided its use. Barbara Tuchman

We need a new approach to national security - a bold, progressive internationalism that stands in stark contrast to the too often belligerent and myopic unilateralism of the Bush Administration. John Kerry

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent. Aung San Suu Kyi

Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight. Gene Tunney

The worst of all conditions in which a belligerent can find himself is to be utterly defenseless. Carl von Clausewitz

The EU has evolved from a constructive economic platform, as it was created, to an aggressive and belligerent player which already displays its ambitions far beyond the European continent. Sergey Lavrov

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