bel·lig·er·ent /-rənt/
(a.)好戰的,交戰的,交戰國的
Bel·lig·er·ent a.
1. Waging war; carrying on war. “Belligerent powers.”
2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
Bel·lig·er·ent, n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
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belligerent
adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;
"aggressive acts against another country"; "a
belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive]
2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a
fighting war" [syn: fighting, militant, war-ridden,
warring]
n : someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler,
fighter, scrapper]