warpath
/ˈwɔːpɑːθ
/noun (in phrase on the warpath)
Angry and ready or eager for confrontation: her outraged husband was on the warpath...
- What is more important, protecting the safety of children and their carers, or appeasing angry men on the warpath?
- Even the most silly distorted fact, tongue-in-cheek headline or top-spinned newspaper tales concerning Hibs put this awkward customer on the warpath.
- This is a good political answer to an often awkward question, and the Labour MP for Glasgow Kelvin is a time-served politician once again on the warpath.
Origin
With reference to American Indians heading towards a battle with an enemy.