as in hawk
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition
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Recent Examples of warmonger
Democrats saw him as a master of dark arts, beholden to his former pals in the oil industry and a warmonger who goaded the nation to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to help his benefactors.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on November 3 at age 84, enjoyed some unexpected respect in his last years from Democrats who once viewed him as a Machiavellian warmonger.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025
Already, Cuba’s top diplomats have been sharing propaganda content discrediting Machado as a warmonger.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Tho declined the award, but the decision to award Kissinger shocked many of his critics who saw him as a warmonger.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on November 3 at age 84, enjoyed some unexpected respect in his last years from Democrats who once viewed him as a Machiavellian warmonger.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025
Already, Cuba’s top diplomats have been sharing propaganda content discrediting Machado as a warmonger.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Tho declined the award, but the decision to award Kissinger shocked many of his critics who saw him as a warmonger.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warmonger
Noun
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He’s scolded by fox and hawk for being out in the rain, but Bear shares his berries with Marvin, who gets a ride home on the back of Deer.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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The comments reflect an effort by Cruz to minimize internal GOP fractures at a moment when foreign policy, particularly Iran, has exposed real tensions between the party’s traditional hawks and a rising noninterventionist wing.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Israel, meanwhile, saw Nasser’s rising influence across the Arab world as a danger, and wanted an excuse to cut him down, and to target Palestinian fedayeen militants who were operating in Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula, which were both controlled by Egypt at the time.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Israel’s war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon also is intensifying, while the disruption of the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf has upended the global economy.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Warmonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warmonger. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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