1. belligerent - Noun
2. belligerent - Adjective
4. belligerent - Adjective Satellite
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFor 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