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belligerency

[buh-lij-er-uhn-see] / bəˈlɪdʒ ər ən si /


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"We do want to have the region come to terms between all the countries and agree against any belligerency from any side to any other."

From Reuters Nov. 5, 2022

Since Japan did not formally declare war on China, a state of belligerency did not technically exist.

From Textbooks Dec. 30, 2014

Whether it works or not, it shows how much the nature of modern belligerency is changing.

From Economist Oct. 12, 2011

But those gains risk being overtaken by China’s rapidly worsening relations with its neighbors and escalating belligerency from North Korea.

From Washington Post

All this lends quite an air of belligerency to the tumble-down building that houses them.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration




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