Bellicose
31bellicosity — bellicose ► ADJECTIVE ▪ aggressive and ready to fight. DERIVATIVES bellicosity noun. ORIGIN Latin bellicosus, from bellum war …
32belligerent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bellicose, warlike, pugnacious, quarrelsome. See contention, attack. n. combatant. Ant., peaceful; noncombatant. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. warlike, pugnacious, hostile, quarrelsome, contentious,… …
33belligerent — adj Belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome, contentious mean having or taking an aggressive or fighting attitude. Belligerent usually implies actual engagement in hostilities {the belligerent powers in the World War} {define a …
34warlike — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Belligerent] Syn. hostile, truculent, attacking, pugnacious, offensive; see also aggressive 2 . 2. [Military] Syn. soldierly, bellicose, martial; see fighting , militaristic , military . See Synonym Study at military .… …
35hostile — adjective 1) a hostile attack Syn: unfriendly, unkind, bitter, unsympathetic, malicious, vicious, rancorous, venomous, poisonous, virulent; antagonistic, aggressive, confrontational, belligerent, truculent, vitriolic; bellic …
36belligerent — adjective Etymology: modification of Latin belligerant , belligerans, present participle of belligerare to wage war, from belliger waging war, from bellum + gerere to wage Date: 1577 1. waging war; specifically belonging to or recognized as a… …
37Shuttle bombing — is a tactic where bombers fly from their home base to bomb a first target and continue to a different location where they are refuelled and rearmed. The aircraft may then bomb a second target on the return leg to their home base. [Staff.… …
38Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion — Jerusalem, subtitled The Emanation of the Giant Albion, was the last, longest, and greatest in scope of the prophetic books written and illustrated by the poet, artist, and engraver William Blake. Confusingly, the lyric to Blake s famous hymn,… …
39pugnacious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. combative, quarrelsome, militant, belligerent, contentious, bellicose. See contention, irascibility.Ant., pacific. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. belligerent, defiant, antagonistic, combative; see… …
40belligerent — [bə lij′ər ənt] adj. [L belligerans, prp. of belligerare, to wage war < bellum, war (see BELLICOSE) + gerere, to carry on] 1. at war; designating or of a state recognized under international law as being engaged in a war 2. of war; of fighting …
