belligerency

Noun
Synonyms: belligerencehostilities

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. hostile or warlike attitude or natureSynonyms: belligerence
  2. fighting; acts of overt warfare“the outbreak of hostilities”Synonyms: hostilities
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Belligerence \Bel*lig"er*ence\, Belligerency \Bel*lig"er*en*cy\, n. The quality of being belligerent. [1913 Webster]

2.the act or state of being engaged in war or a warlike conflict; warfare.

Syn: hostilities. [WordNet 1.5]

3.an aggressively hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a readiness to fight or offend, with little or no provocation. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

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