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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
war·like       [wawr-lahyk] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.fit, qualified, or ready for war; martial: a warlike fleet; warlike tribes.
2.threatening or indicating war: a warlike tone.
3.of or pertaining to war: a warlike expedition.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME; see war1, -like]

2. bellicose, belligerent, hostile; inimical, unfriendly.
2. peaceful.
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war·like       (wôr'līk')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Belligerent; hostile.
    1. Of or relating to war; martial.
    2. Indicative of or threatening war.

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warlike

adjective
1. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies" [syn: militant
2. suggesting war or military life 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Warlike

War"like`\, a. 1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. --Shak.

2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.

The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased. --Milton.

Syn: Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial.

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