militaristic

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Adjective
  • He’s paired, in dance and as a love interest, with a belligerent Parisian principal, Gabin Roux (Ivan du Pontavice).
    Judy Berman, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
  • This term around, Trump has spoken in belligerent tones.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The bottom line: Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.
    Hans Nichols, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Freyja, however, is a more warlike goddess, and even has a part in selecting warriors for her hall in the afterlife.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The attack at Pahalgam on Tuesday was claimed by The Resistance Front (TRF), which is an offshoot of Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
  • For decades, several domestic militant groups, demanding either independence for Kashmir or for the area to become part of Pakistan, have fought Indian security forces, leaving tens of thousands killed in the violence.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • While rejecting his successor George Gascón’s move to support a resentencing of the brothers, plus dashing their hopes for a new trial in recent weeks, Hochman today made a point outside the courthouse of trying to tone down his previous bellicose stance.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Whereas other música Mexicana acts have built massive audiences by singing about their more bellicose escapades, Cornejo has made a name for himself by focusing on matters of the heart.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The president’s softer tone towards China, despite no formal talks, was in stark contrast to his more combative rhetoric earlier in April.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Over the chaotic weekend that follows, people-pleaser Edward must juggle his burgeoning career plans with the care of four eccentric, combative, and wildly different ladies — none of whom really get along with any of the others.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But in recent weeks, Musk dramatically lowered his taxpayer savings estimates from DOGE's government cuts, disagreed publicly with Trump's aggressive tariff policies and butted heads with multiple Trump officials, some publicly, revealing divisions within the White House over Musk's influence.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Moderate Republicans from swing districts are balking at deep cuts to social safety net programs, even as hardliners demand more aggressive reductions.
    Nik Popli, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Militaristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militaristic. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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