gung-hoadjective
uk/ˌɡʌŋˈhəʊ/us/ˌɡʌŋˈhoʊ/informalextremely enthusiastic about doing something, especially going to war:
The film stars Mark Burgess-Ashton as the gung-ho young fighter pilot.
Mrs Mahmood had organized the street party with her customary gung-ho zeal.
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War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- 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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