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warlike

[wawr-lahyk] / ˈwɔrˌlaɪk /


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The changes will also lower the threshold for reservists to be recalled so that reservists can be recalled for "warlike preparations".

From Barron's Jan. 15, 2026

That threshold will be lowered to "warlike preparations", which is already the threshold for reservists who have left active service in the past few years.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

The book’s poetic language offers a stark contrast to the warlike terms climate advocates tend to use to describe carbon.

From Salon Mar. 24, 2025

Knowing all this, I had expected Wallnau in person to have a fiery personality to match his warlike rhetoric.

From Slate Sep. 25, 2024

The word quarantine, he’d decided, sounded less warlike than blockade.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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