bellicoseadjective
uk/ˈbel.ɪ.kəʊs/us/ˈbel.ə.koʊs/formalwishing to fight or start a war:
The general made some bellicose statements about his country's military strength.
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War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- campaign
- concord
- crusade
- hostile
- militarist
- pacific
- peacekeeping
- phoney war
- pro-war
- scorched-earth policy
- SDI
- the Second World War
- war clouds are gathering idiom
- war-torn
- warfare
- warlike
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bellicosity
noun [ U ] /ˌbel.ɪ.ˈkɒs.ə.ti//ˌbel.ɪ.ˈkɑː.sə.t̬i/
the senator's bellicosity toward Iran