Definition of co-belligerent in English:
co-belligerent
nounkəʊbɪˈlɪdʒ(ə)r(ə)ntˌkōbəˈlijərənt
Any of two or more nations engaged in war as allies.
Example sentencesExamples
- He had consulted no one over the Fourteen Points - certainly not the co-belligerents he still did not regard as ‘allies’.
- Even after October 1943, when allowing Allied air bases in the Azores made it a co-belligerent, Portugal maintained an outward veneer of neutrality.
- It soon became embroiled in a controversy, one which ironically made co-belligerents, if not allies, of the divided parents.
- I respect the religious group, work with them, and consider them co-belligerents in many causes.
- It is clear that there is little trust between him and his co-belligerents.
- What he had done was to strip the false flag of neutrality from Big Media and expose it as a co-belligerent in the political wars.
- My co-belligerents have thoughts on this post by her.
Derivatives
noun
The country initially declared neutrality, however with German and Soviet troops on her soil, it was well prepared for co-belligerence with Germany.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no Scriptural foundation or instruction for cultural co-belligerence found anywhere in holy writ.
- They are working with a minority of the religious sect in an alliance that really only stands the weight of co-belligerence.
- I am a firm advocate of the apologist's concept of co-belligerence.
- But now let us consider some practical issues for those who embark on a path of co-belligerence.