belligerent

/bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt/adjective

Taking part in a war or armed conflict.

Example sentence

“Both belligerent nations finally agreed to a ceasefire.”

In everyday speech it means hostile and spoiling for a fight: a belligerent drunk. The warring-nation sense is legal and diplomatic.

Related words

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