belligerency

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bel·lig·er·en·cy

(bə-lĭj′ər-ən-sē)

1. The state of being at war or being engaged in a warlike conflict.

2. Belligerence.

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belligerency

(bɪˈlɪdʒərənsɪ)

(Military) the state of being at war

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bel•lig•er•en•cy

(bəˈlɪdʒ ər ən si)

n.

1. position or status as a belligerent; state of being engaged in war.

2. belligerence.

[1860–65]

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Noun	1.	belligerency - hostile or warlike attitude or nature belligerence ill will, enmity, hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" warpath - hostile or belligerent mood; "the chief is on the warpath today"
	2.	belligerency - fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities" hostilities armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces

belligerency

noun

1. A state of open, prolonged fighting:

conflict, confrontation, hostility (used in plural), strife, struggle, war, warfare.

2. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature:

bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency.

3. Hostile behavior:

aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy.

4. The power or will to fight:

bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, combativeness, contentiousness, fight, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency.

Translations

belligeranza

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Numa, the lion, came steadily toward them; his attitude seemed more that of curiosity than of belligerency. Close to the side of the ship he stopped and stood gazing up at them.

He knew from the manner of Numa's approach what neither Bertha Kircher nor Smith-Oldwick knew--that there was more of curiosity than belligerency in it, and he wondered if in that great head there might not be a semblance of gratitude for the kindness that Tarzan had done him.

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"It won't set any better after old Brindle fills up on this dust," observed Martin, belligerency in his brassy voice.

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