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noun

Definition of militaristnext
as in hawk
one who urges or attempts to cause a war a government dominated by militarists

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militarist

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adjective

as in militaristic

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  1. hawk
  2. belligerent
  3. militant
  4. warlike
  5. bellicose
Noun
  • As the days went by, hawks like Bolton tried to keep Trump focused on ousting Maduro.
    Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
  • These two grand title winners were chosen from the 18 category winners, which included photographs of a hawk eating a squirrel, a lynx stretching in the sun and a falcon hunting a butterfly.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of hawk
Adjective
  • China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are increasingly belligerent and increasingly operating in concert.
    Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Iran had initially downplayed the impact of Israel’s strikes on its military facilities, but in recent days has begun to voice increasingly belligerent rhetoric.
    Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of belligerent
Adjective
  • Topline The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defense minister Yoav Gallant and a high-ranking Hamas official, accusing the three leaders of war crimes during Israel’s war with the militant group.
    Ty Roush, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The Israel-Hamas war began due to a deadly attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group on Oct. 7, 2023, leaving nearly 1,200 people dead.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of militant
Adjective
  • Some characters die violently in a warlike atmosphere, and the remaining ones struggle with their losses.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • China is constantly searching for opportunities to take bits of territory and catch its opponent by surprise, without taking overt warlike actions.
    Brahma Chellaney, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2021
Definition of warlike
Adjective
  • And North Korea’s increasingly bellicose attitude toward its neighbors has roiled China’s diplomatic and economic relations with South Korea and Japan.
    Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In addition to this bellicose foreign policy and disregard for American warnings, at home, Putin began to abandon Russia’s reform trajectory, instead combining an open economic system with an authoritarian regime.
    Stephan Kieninger / Made by History, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of bellicose
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