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• n  someone who fights (or is fighting)
• s  characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  a belligerent tone
• s  engaged in war
  belligerent (or warring) nations

• The belligerent nations did a lot of sabre rattling but did not actually go to war.
• Authorities had confined Andrew to the couple's home, but she said in the motion that he "had been belligerent, especially while intoxicated" and that he had been drinking in front .
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a President unlike any other Iran has known: belligerent, naive, at once a fundamentalist and nationalist, and a dark genius at mobilizing Iranian public .

• combatant
• battler
• fighter
• scrapper
• aggressive
• militant
• war-ridden
• warring

News & Articles

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• Turkish leader says he's losing patience with protesters
  ANKARA, Turkey — In a series of increasingly belligerent speeches to cheering supporters Sunday, Turkey's prime minister demanded an end to the 10-day anti-government protests that have
  June 10, 2013 - Denver Post
• Turkey's leader lambasts protesters
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a series of increasingly belligerent speeches to cheering supporters Sunday, Turkey's prime minister demanded an end to the 10-day anti-government protests that have spread across the country, saying those who do not respect the government will pay.
  June 9, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Turkey's leader climbs on bus, lambasts protesters
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a series of increasingly belligerent speeches to cheering supporters Sunday, Turkey's prime minister launched a verbal attack on the tens of thousands of anti-government protesters who flooded the streets for a 10th day, accusing them of creating an environment of terror.
  June 9, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in The Australian
  We will pursue denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula vigorously,Mr Obama said. "So we have not come to a conclusion that North Korea will or should be a nuclear power. Given their past behaviour, given the belligerent manner in which...
• President Bush in Washington Post
  The Iranian people are good, honest, decent people and they've got a government that is belligerent, loud, noisy, threatening _ a government which is in defiance of the rest of the world and says, 'We want a nuclear weapon,'Bush said. "So...