Warlike

[war·like]

Disposed to warfare or hard line policies

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Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

Adjective S.
suggesting war or military life

Adjective S.
inclined to make war


a.
Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

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


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.
2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.
The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased.
Syn. -- Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial.

Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

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Usage Examples

The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

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Other Usage Examples

War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.

Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology.

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