warlike

Example Sentences

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The changes will also lower the threshold for reservists to be recalled so that reservists can be recalled for "warlike preparations".

From Barron's

That threshold will be lowered to "warlike preparations", which is already the threshold for reservists who have left active service in the past few years.

From BBC

The book’s poetic language offers a stark contrast to the warlike terms climate advocates tend to use to describe carbon.

From Salon

This must be a very warlike planet indeed.

From Literature

But, come to think of it, the owl, who was not civilized, was pretty warlike too.

From Literature