Definitions
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
Word origin
From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“to wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“to lead, wage, carry on”)).
Used in a sentence
“And I think the facts are that Beijing is a belligerent bully jealous and envious of what Taiwan has accomplished- mainland China- that's what I get out of all of this.”
“England were not allowed to give their chariot the momentum it had a week ago. It was stopped dead in its tracks by a belligerent Springboks defence that simply refused to yield.”
“The UN sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“War-minded”11 letters
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