Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hostile or warlike attitude, nature, or inclination; belligerency.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of carrying on war; warfare.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being belligerent.
- noun the act or state of being engaged in war or a warlike conflict; warfare.
- noun an aggressively hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a readiness to fight or offend, with little or no provocation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a state of being
belligerent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
- noun a natural disposition to be hostile
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Examples
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That the chorus was often accompanied by belligerence is also noteworthy.
Not only are they better capitalists, but better peacemakers too? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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Christopher Hitchens, whose belligerence is barely tolerable even though he's almost always right, covers the Iowa caucus scam ably in Slate:
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And upping the ante of belligerence is a fool†™ s gamble.
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April 2, 2010, 9: 43 am yankev says: orca: So if Obama agrees with Gen. Petraeus that Israel’s belligerence is endangering American security he would have the right to seize Jerusalem by force to settle the matter?
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Strange Thing About the Controversy Over Jerusalem 2010
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So if Obama agrees with Gen. Petraeus that Israel’s belligerence is endangering American security he would have the right to seize Jerusalem by force to settle the matter?
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Strange Thing About the Controversy Over Jerusalem 2010
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After all, he was suspended from Princeton and has a reputation for entitled belligerence when drinking.
Gawker 2010
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Crowley has to consider the possibility that the belligerence might be a sign that the unidentified person is running on adrenaline because the unidentified person was caught in mid-crime.
Chicago Boyz 2009
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The irony is that, beneath that overweening campaign to contain Russian belligerence, American officials are still seething at Saakashvili.
Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Jackson Diehl 2008
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It is that kind of belligerence that gives all of us a bad name and perpetuates the sentiment among whites that they don't want to be anywhere near us.
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Few reporters, if any, could get away with the kind of belligerence that Thomas displayed toward presidents and press secretaries on a regular basis.
Why we'll miss Helen Thomas Jon Ward 2010
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