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bellicose (adjective), more bellicose, most bellicose
1. Characteristic of being ready, or inclined, to quarrel, fight, or go to war: Cara's bellicose attitude when she was concentrating on a project was a signal to her fellow workers to leave her alone.
2. Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome: Delmar's small size and physical stature could have made him a natural target for teasing, but his bellicose attitude deterred or stopped others from bullying him.
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2. Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome: Delmar's small size and physical stature could have made him a natural target for teasing, but his bellicose attitude deterred or stopped others from bullying him.
It is well that war is so terrible. We shouldn't grow too fond of it.
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“bellicose”
Warlike in behavior or temperament; fond of fighting, contentious, quarrelsome. (2)
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(Latin: war; bellum, war; bellare, to wage war)