Definition of Belligerent
Belligerent
Waging war; carrying on war.
Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
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Belligerent Quotations
A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.
Sigmund Freud
Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
Benjamin Spock
Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.
Gene Tunney
I'm belligerent rather than ambitious.
Ian Hart
Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Belligerent Translations
belligerent in German is streitlustig
belligerent in Spanish is beligerante
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