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Meanings of belligerent in inglés

portugués
lutadora
catalán
lluitador
español
guerrero

Someone who fights (or is fighting)

        guerrero
        ruso
        воюющая сторона
        español
        beligerante

        Individual, group, country or other entity which acts in a hostile, combative manner.

              beligerante

              Engaged in war.

                    Related terms

                    Tending to argument or strife.

                          Usage of belligerent in inglés
                          1
                          He became belligerent when security guards asked him to leave, police said.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          There was no basis for a belligerent response, State Department spokesman P.J.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          When Harris spoke, his words were more measured but just as belligerent.
                          Serena
                          4
                          The several notes between the United States and the belligerent Governments follow.
                          New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, ...
                          5
                          Yet surely this staunch, belligerent effort should be applauded rather than cursed.
                          The Guardian
                          6
                          Taken by surprise, Yamila shrank back, uncertainty clouding her usual belligerent expression.
                          Acts of faith
                          7
                          Ministers of war in the belligerent countries have not been more stable.
                          America's War for Humanity
                          8
                          The woman didn't laugh, but her answer didn't seem particularly belligerent, either.
                          Deep black
                          9
                          Just such a belligerent Spanish monk was our Pisarev in the sixties.
                          Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
                          10
                          We were nearing Rock Crest, and soon we heard belligerent raven voices.
                          Secrets of the Wolves
                          11
                          Russia is resurgent, its language belligerent and its further territorial ambitions unclear.
                          The Irish Times
                          12
                          The peace with both the great belligerent powers of Europe was secured.
                          Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader / B...
                          13
                          He had bad luck too in picking victims with belligerent big brothers.
                          Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents
                          14
                          Mild anxiety about what they might come across is making him belligerent.
                          Black house
                          15
                          The viciousness of his regime is not a figment of belligerent demonisation.
                          The Irish Times
                          16
                          Victor started to give a vigorous, even belligerent, affirmative response, but hesitated.
                          Changer of Worlds
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                          Belligerent through the time
                          Belligerent across language varieties
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