belligerent


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Synonyms for belligerent

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Synonyms for belligerent

inclined to act in a hostile way

of or engaged in warfare

one who engages in a combat or struggle

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Synonyms for belligerent

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He asked the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the world community to take notice of India's belligerent attitude towards Kashmir and intervene to stop human rights violations there.
C- Even if Israel qualified as a belligerent occupier in Gaza, the right of a people to self-determination is a peremptory norm of International Law from which no derogation is permissible.
They must stop these belligerent acts and comply with UN resolutions."
ABSTRACT: After contextualizing North Korea's capacity for belligerent rhetoric directed toward the United States and its northeast Asian allies, the author examines the contention that rhetoric from Pyongyang represents a conflict escalation risk or even a casus belli.
The manual reveals that the term "enemy combatant" has been replaced by the designation "unprivileged belligerent," and that journalists labeled as such are legitimate targets.
In a statement to the press issued Wednesday, Erekat maintained that Israel's belligerent military occupation in Palestine, has shownthrough the years, atotal disregard for the lives and rights of our people, including children.
"Israel's belligerent military occupation in Palestine, has shown through the years, a total disregard for the lives and rights of our people, including children.
was extremely intoxicated and belligerent when they confronted him about 3:45 p.m.
Attrition warfare is a military strategy in which a belligerent side attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materiel.
These recurring practices of a belligerent seeking to increase its financial and military capability are structured through the imperatives of two mechanisms: extraction and control variation.
The former Sanlakas party-list representative in Congress said the "belligerent" Cayetano is "only good at criticizing."
FDR's belligerent policies, Fullilove said, transformed America from an isolationist country into a global leader.
Al-Amer also described the Iranian statements as a belligerent threat and direct offence to the relations between Iran and the GCC member States.