belligerence
Example Sentences
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The belligerence partially stems from China’s own problems, such as slowing economic growth, a real-estate bubble, flagging domestic consumption and rising unemployment, especially among the young.
Under international law, none of these three steps would constitute escalated belligerence.
As things heat up, a few have taken the belligerence offline too.
From BBC
As in, they'll be so desperate to keep the series alive in Melbourne on Saturday they'll metamorphose into a team of belligerence and belief - a band of brothers who will blow the Lions away.
From BBC
Scotland needed more aggression, more belligerence, more directness, but they cannot live with Ireland in those areas.
From BBC
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