combative
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ɪv, ˈkɒm adjective
ready or inclined to fight; pugnacious: He displayed a most unpleasant, combative attitude.
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combative (ˈkɒmbətɪv, ˈkʌm-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| eager or ready to fight, argue, etc; aggressive | |
| 'combatively | |
| —adv | |
| 'combativeness | |
| —n | |
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Combative
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Example sentences
One group favored a more combative demand for inclusion.
Otherwise your chair may see you as nitpicking and combative.
Kirk was thoughtful and sympathetic but also decisive and combative.
He is a confronting sort of individual, polite but gruff, courteous but combative.
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