warlike
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Interestingly enough, this major battle was also one of the rare combat scenarios of the period in mainland Greece that didn’t actually involve the warlike Spartans.
Battle of Marathon: The Decisive Clash That Saved Ancient Greece | Dattatreya Mandal | September 11, 2022 | Realm of HistoryFor the boldest and most warlike men have no regular employment, the care of house, home, and fields being left to the women, old men, and weaklings of the family.
Goths: Germanic Warriors Who Exposed The Roman Empire | Dattatreya Mandal | September 4, 2022 | Realm of HistoryThe television program proposed the atom not merely as a “friend,” to be juxtaposed with the warlike atomic bomb, but also as a solution to a serious problem confronting the world—the limitations of nature.
The Disneyfication of Atomic Power - Issue 107: The Edge | Jacob Darwin Hamblin | October 6, 2021 | NautilusOver time, however, Nixon’s rhetoric changed, and efforts became decidedly more warlike, with increased focus on using jail time to curb use.
The war on drugs didn’t work. Oregon’s plan might. | Kat Eschner | December 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceSo sure, running primaries against people like this can be called warlike acts.
Sending anything more warlike than a progressively increasing amount of American military aid and advisers was not in the cards.
One education professor said the song taught millions of children that "the only real patriotism is warlike activity."
Star-Spangled Confederates: How Southern Sympathizers Decided Our National Anthem | Jefferson Morley | July 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe president's Oval Office address on the oil spill sounded more warlike than his speeches on Afghanistan.
They are “peaceful” because they are not warlike now—again, another ambiguity perpetrated by the regime.
In a warlike age this peacefulness of a monarch was the great and supernatural phenomenon.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayWhat the armor-bearer was for the warlike races of old, such is the tchbukdi for their degenerate descendants.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.There had been a round year of peace negotiations and futile truces, with warlike preparation in the background.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonIt was quite expected that his progress would be challenged, hence the warlike preparations.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanAt the same time, Robert must have heard of Edward's warlike preparations by land and sea.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
British Dictionary definitions for warlike
/ (ˈwɔːˌlaɪk) /
of, relating to, or used in war
hostile or belligerent
fit or ready for war
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