belligerent

Example Sentences

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Outside the bar, Mabius “became more belligerent” and did not follow a “simple command” to sit on a bench, the deputy said.

From Los Angeles Times

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame hit back, accusing South Africa of being part of a "belligerent force" involved in "offensive combat operations".

From BBC

This infuriated the Rwandan president, who said that the account of their conversation was a "lie" and called the South Africans a "belligerent" force that must leave the DR Congo.

From BBC

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame hit back, accusing South Africa of being part of a "belligerent force" involved in "offensive combat operations" to help the Congolese government "fight against its own people".

From BBC

"Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too," Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history at New York University, wrote on Bluesky.

From Salon