belligerent
Example Sentences
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Russia is especially belligerent in its nuclear flight testing and brinkmanship.
The company collects cars around the clock, but the cover of darkness cuts the odds of encountering belligerent owners.
Most wars end with exhausted belligerents making some kind of agreement.
From BBC
While most European countries strongly support Ukraine, leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron have consistently stressed they are not a "belligerent" party in the conflict.
From Barron's
The Tongan brothers are sophisticated, belligerent and accustomed to privilege; Kōrero’s people are humble, pacifist and poor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
