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Warlike

//ˈwɔɹlaɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Hostile and belligerent.

    "“I see a somewhat warlike atmosphere. Silence can say many things,” a driver from eastern Caracas told CNN, asking not to be identified for security reasons."

  2. 2
    Martial, bellicose or militaristic.

    "Doubt not my Lord and gratious Soueraigne, But Tamburlaine, and that Tartarian rout, Shall either periſh by our warlike hands, Or plead for mercie at your highneſſe feet."

Adjective
  1. 1
    suggesting war or military life wordnet
  2. 2
    disposed to warfare or hard-line policies wordnet

Etymology

From war + -like. Compare the older warly.

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