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What is "warlike" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does warlike mean in English? Meaning of warlike definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "warlike" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "warlike": disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

Adjective

  • Meaning: disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
  • Example: militant nations hawkish congressman warlike policies
  • Synonyms: hawkish militant warlike
  • Similar: unpeaceful

    • Meaning of "warlike": suggesting war or military life

    Adjective

  • Meaning: suggesting war or military life
  • Synonyms: martial warlike
  • Similar: military
  • Adjective: Hostile and belligerent.Martial, bellicose or militaristic. 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:  Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:  Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

    • Synonyms:

    aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, combative, contentious, contrary, fighting, inimical, martial, militant, military, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, unfriendly, warring, militaristic, soldierly, attacking, contending, gladiatorial, hawkish, ructious, warmongering,

    Antonyms:

    peaceful, harmonizing,

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