Definition of Belligerent

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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

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

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

Belligerent Translations

belligerent in German is streitlustig
belligerent in Spanish is beligerante

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