| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence. See ATTACK. 2. A cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior: barbarity, bestiality, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, savagery, truculence. See ATTITUDE, KIND. 3. The power or will to fight: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, fight, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence. See CONFLICT.
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