The combative patient was given a tranquilizer.
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Combative
/kəmˈbæ.tɪv/
Synonyms for "combative" (119 found)
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Adjective(12 words)
contentiousdisputatiousaggressiveaggressive behavioraggressive personagonisticagonisticalantagonisticargumentativebattlefulbellicosebelligerent
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (36)
bloody mindedbloody-mindedchauvinistchauvinisticcontentioncontentiouscontroversialdialecticdialecticaldisputatiousdivisiveenemyenergeticeristicfactionalfactiousferociousfiercefightingfull of fight
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Related words (59)
hostileill-humoredinimicalirascibleirritablejingojingoishjingoistjingoisticlitigiouslogomachicmanfulmanlymartialmilitantmilitaristicmilitaryoffensiveon the offensivepartisan
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Noun(1 words)
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriescombative attitudecombative behaviorcombative moodcombative posturecombative rhetoriccombative stance
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4 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
As is usual, he is combative.
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He is his usual combative self.
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Tom is a combative player.
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