n
One who practises or defends aggressivism.
adj
Of or pertaining to struggle, competition or conflict; of or pertaining to an agon.
n
Competitive struggle (especially political).
n
Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
adj
(rhetoric) Argumentative; combative.
adj
(archaic) agonistic (of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks).
adj
Characterised or marked by arguing; contentious
adj
Tending to argue; disputatious.
adj
Prone to argue or dispute.
adj
Confrontational; tending or seeming to assault; characterized by assault.
adj
(obsolete) Exciting contention; contentious.
adj
(obsolete) Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.
adj
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
adj
Full of battles or conflicts.
adj
(obsolete) warlike; martial
n
An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
adj
Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
adj
(rare) Aggressive, belligerent, warlike.
adj
Obsolete form of bellicose. [Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.]
adj
(rare, formal) Bringing war.
adj
Engaged in warfare, warring.
adj
(poetic) Fought over; war-torn.
n
Alternative form of brinkmanship [(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.]
n
Alternative spelling of cobelligerent [Country that wages war against a common enemy, without the countries on the same side having a formal treaty of military alliance.]
adj
Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.
adj
(obsolete) disputing or wrangling
v
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle of combat
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
n
Synonym of combativeness
adj
(heraldry) In fighting position; said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
adj
Tending towards conflict
adj
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
adj
Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.
adj
(by extension) Competitive, especially in a ruthless manner.
adj
Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate.
n
One who takes part in a dispute; a disputant or debater.
n
A condition found in many extradition treaties, requiring the crime committed in the jurisdiction requesting extradition to also be a crime in the jurisdiction that one is to be extradited from.
adj
Subject to or troubled by battles, controversy, or debates.
n
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see enemy, combatant.
adj
(military) being attacked or attacking
adj
Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
n
A pugnacious, competitive person.
adj
Engaged in war or other conflict.
adv
So as to fight; pugnaciously.
adj
Characterised or marked by fighting; possessing a fighting spirit or tendency.
adj
(informal) Inclined or prone to fight.
adj
Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.
n
A person who engages in combat without meeting the requirements for a lawful belligerent according to the laws of war as specified in the Third Geneva Convention.
adj
Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare.
adj
Improvised from whatever is available.
n
A sophistical rhetorical device in which any denial by an accused person serves as evidence of guilt.
adj
Argumentative or combative.
adj
(comparable) Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
n
suitability for war, likelihood of success in war, tendency to wage war
adj
Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
adv
By way of military or otherwise belligerent means.
adj
(somewhat derogatory) Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.
adj
Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
adj
Having a relationship of rivalry.
n
(chiefly uncountable, by extension) Speedy execution, usually without any proper determination of guilt.
adj
Full of strife; quarrelsome, polemic, contentious.
adj
Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict.
n
(by extension) Any spurious legal defense.
adj
Inclined to fight, belligerent
adj
Involving physical conflict.
adj
Indicative of war; warlike.
adj
Hostile and belligerent.
adj
engaged in war; belligerent
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