belligerent
Example Sentences
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“The original narrative was Anastasio became belligerent, they subdued him and he died,” Frey said.
From Los Angeles Times
The company collects cars around the clock, but the cover of darkness cuts the odds of encountering belligerent owners.
Most wars end with exhausted belligerents making some kind of agreement.
From BBC
European states meanwhile are under pressure to expand spending on defense to counter a belligerent Russia and on healthcare for their aging populations.
General Assembly to deliver a belligerent and lengthy speech when the escalator he and the first lady were riding stopped abruptly, forcing them to walk the rest of the way up.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
