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Belligerent
bɪˈlɪdʒ(ə)r(ə)nt
Belligerent definitions
adjective
belligerent
- hostile and aggressive
"the mood at the meeting was belligerent"
hostile aggressive threatening antagonistic pugnacious bellicose truculent confrontational argumentative quarrelsome disputatious contentious militant combative- engaged in a war or conflict, as recognized by international law
"after years of mass slaughter and hardship, opposition to the war became widespread in all the belligerent countries"
noun
belligerent
belligerents
- a nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law
"ships and goods captured at sea by a belligerent"