Belligerent
[bə'lɪdʒ(ə)r(ə)nt]
Definition
(adj.) engaged in war; 'belligerent (or warring) nations' .
Edited by Guthrie--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr.) Waging war; carrying on war.
(p. pr.) Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
(n.) A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Carrying on war, engaged in war, waging war.[2]. Of belligerents.[3]. Warlike, hostile.
n. Belligerent state or nation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Contending, engaging, fighting, opposed, adverse, rival, conflicting,antagonist, assailant, hostile
ANT:Neutral, pacific, peaceful, nonbelligerent, appeased, reconciled
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Definition
adj. carrying on regular war.—n. a party or person waging such.—n. Bellig′erency.
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Examples
- You're a man of peace, sir; but we manufacturers, living in the world, and always in turmoil, get quite belligerent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the earlier years of the war there was a very widespread feeling of brotherhood and the common interest in all the belligerent states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In effect, a sort of emergency socialist state had been established throughout belligerent Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the course of the war there had been extraordinary experiments in collective management in nearly all the belligerent countries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The seconds retired, the gentleman on the camp-stool did the same, and the belligerents approached each other. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Sometimes the belligerents would be separated by but a few feet. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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