| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | One who engages in a combat or struggle: combatant, fighter, soldier, warrior. See CONFLICT. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Inclined to act in a hostile way: aggressive, combative, contentious, hostile, militant. See ATTACK, ATTITUDE. 2. Having or showing an eagerness to fight: bellicose, combative, contentious, hostile, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike. See ATTACK. 3. Of or engaged in warfare: combatant, hostile, militant. Idioms: at war. See ATTACK.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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