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as in aggression
an inclination to fight or quarrel
a congenital truculence that resulted in his spending a significant amount of time in the principal's office
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as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
the sergeant's truculence was revealed when she made the recruits run even further in the heat
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Recent Examples of truculence
Last fall’s announcement that Amazon’s Prime Video platform would be teeing up four hours of exclusive coverage of the Masters was met with a predictable show of teeth-gnashing truculence, because how dare the Augusta brass entrust a new carveout to a digital interloper?
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Rogan began the show in his customary posture of sleepy truculence.
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Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
Those who remember the truculence of those rough-and-tumble Ducks know how much of a sacrifice that was.
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Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
Frederic could be a fallback third-line centre option if the Leafs can’t get someone better (like Coyle), or support otherwise — truculence and scoring — on the wing.
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Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Rogan began the show in his customary posture of sleepy truculence.
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Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
Those who remember the truculence of those rough-and-tumble Ducks know how much of a sacrifice that was.
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Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
Frederic could be a fallback third-line centre option if the Leafs can’t get someone better (like Coyle), or support otherwise — truculence and scoring — on the wing.
—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truculence
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Ukraine has every right to attack Russia’s military infrastructure that sustains its aggression.
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Issues could include insomnia, aggression, difficulty concentrating, sensitivity to psychotropic medication and exacerbation of existing mental illness -- like anxiety, depression and schizophrenia.
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According to the Sheriff’s Office, a judge released Cruz on his own recognizance June 4 following his arraignment on felony animal cruelty charges in Sacramento Superior Court.
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At one point, the narrator, embarrassed by his own act of cruelty, gives a sobbing woman all his money and then leaves her alone in a hotel room.
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Dillon Thieneman’s speed Since draft night in April, Thieneman has been lauded for his combination of speed, instincts and aggressiveness.
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This is a lineup structured to thrive with a small-ball approach — high batting average, chaos and aggressiveness on the basepaths, and manufacturing runs.
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Lee learned much about the systemic oppression that Black Americans faced from his first student, Jesse Glover, who had been a victim of police brutality.
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These early precedents in fictional brutality also weaken Thomson’s next point, about literature’s superiority.
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Engelbert has consistently mismanaged the overt physical hostility directed at the league's biggest star.
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Today, however, some experts suggest that explicit displays of racial hostility have become more visible in public spaces.
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His clippings included reporting on Black students facing higher rates of suspension for willful defiance and a cover story on Oak Park residents who offered a history of the neighborhood.
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One defendant convicted by a jury continues to engage in noisy defiance.
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“Truculence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truculence. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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