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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.

It is well that war is so terrible. We shouldn't grow too fond of it.

—General Robert E. Lee; American general
who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
Warlike and tending to fight.
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Fighting and being belligerent.
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bellicose, more bellicose, most bellicose
Warlike in behavior or temperament; fond of fighting, contentious, quarrelsome. (2)
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