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as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
die-hard fans who became truculent and violent after their team's loss
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as in abusive
marked by harsh insulting language
a theater critic who was notorious for his titanically truculent reviews
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as in brutal
having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others
played the role of a disturbed and truculent villain
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Recent Examples of truculent
Mexico City is so inept, so compromised by the cartels, and so truculent that joint military action seems a pipe dream.
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Chinese forces have adopted a truculent approach to prosecuting those claims.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2023
The truculent trio are all using the same tired bingo card of victimization politics that Donald Trump keeps in his breast pocket.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
The truculent and diffident teen-ager, all floppy hair and hormones, disruptively acts out his frustrations, while nonetheless becoming a good big brother to the two girls; meanwhile, his sparks of playful flirtation with Anne ignite an uncontrollable conflagration of desire.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Chinese forces have adopted a truculent approach to prosecuting those claims.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2023
The truculent trio are all using the same tired bingo card of victimization politics that Donald Trump keeps in his breast pocket.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
The truculent and diffident teen-ager, all floppy hair and hormones, disruptively acts out his frustrations, while nonetheless becoming a good big brother to the two girls; meanwhile, his sparks of playful flirtation with Anne ignite an uncontrollable conflagration of desire.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
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In recent months, U.S., British, German and other European officials have accused Russia of organizing an increasingly aggressive sabotage campaign aimed at undermining and disrupting Western assistance to Ukraine.Tom Costello, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Throughout the election season, Republicans and Democrats viewed Arizona's 11 electoral college votes as up for grabs, which meant both parties did aggressive campaigning throughout the state and both Trump and Harris visited on multiple occasions.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The industries have thrived on placing us in abusive power dynamics.Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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Domestic violence can make Native Americans vulnerable to repeating abusive dynamics and can also play into human trafficking, victimization by outsiders and what psychologists describe as generational trauma as a result of centuries of war and abuse.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Tyson was known for his brutal knockouts, as his first 19 fights ended early — 12 in the first round.Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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In our age of brutal wars, authoritarian politics, cultures of contempt, and technology that promises to replace us with machines, what is left of the idea of the human being?George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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Joe Biden denounced offensive jokes that podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe made about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend, but the president also made a comment some prominent Republicans quickly called insulting to the former president's supporters.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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No matter, the response was swift and harsh from the often insulting and foul-mouthed Trump and other Republicans.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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The in-person aspects of the contest have remained generally positive, but online, with each new addition, the very nature of commenting on people’s bodies, looks, and attractiveness is basically heavy bait for someone to eventually say something cruel.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Yet some began to blanch at this cruel ostentation.Tim Gallagher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Oasis endured a hostile split in 2009, after years of headlines related to the Gallagher siblings’ fierce rivalry.Sophie Williams, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
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As Assad’s government teetered on the brink of collapse, Hezbollah stepped in decisively to safeguard the regime and prevent the emergence of a new regime in Damascus that would be hostile to the axis.Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
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The former frontman of Possum Dixon will be performing at the festival but is somehow not the most outrageous act on the bill.Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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For the man who has it all, here are my favorite outrageous holiday gifts, along with a few practical must-haves.Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Truculent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truculent. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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