belligerency

[ buh-lij-er-uhn-see ]

/ bəˈlɪdʒ ər ən si /

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noun

the position or status as a belligerent; state of being actually engaged in war.

belligerence.

Origin of belligerency

First recorded in 1860–65; belliger(ent) + -ency

Words nearby belligerency

bell housing, bellicose, bellied, belligerati, belligerence, belligerency, belligerent, belling, Bellingham, Bellingshausen, Bellingshausen Sea

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Example sentences from the Web for belligerency

Mr. Luce noted these signs of belligerency and braced his firedog legs.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day
The first was Adams' protest against the British recognition of a status of belligerency.
Great Britain and the American Civil War|Ephraim Douglass Adams
But the first glance about the room restored the father's belligerency.
Mlle. Fouchette|Charles Theodore Murray
"Only yourself," Slim announced, laughing and jumping back quickly to avoid any belligerency his joke might inspire in the other.
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service|James R. Driscoll

The St. Albans raid, which occurred a few months later, was a similar act of belligerency.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field|Thomas W. Knox

British Dictionary definitions for belligerency

belligerency

/ (bɪˈlɪdʒərənsɪ) /

noun

the state of being at war

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单词	belligerency
释义	belligerency [ buh-lij-er-uhn-see ] / bəˈlɪdʒ ər ən si / SEE SYNONYMS FOR belligerency ON THESAURUS.COM noun the position or status as a belligerent; state of being actually engaged in war. belligerence. Origin of belligerency First recorded in 1860–65; belliger(ent) + -ency Words nearby belligerency bell housing, bellicose, bellied, belligerati, belligerence, belligerency, belligerent, belling, Bellingham, Bellingshausen, Bellingshausen Sea Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for belligerency Mr. Luce noted these signs of belligerency and braced his firedog legs. The Skipper and the Skipped\|Holman Day The first was Adams' protest against the British recognition of a status of belligerency. Great Britain and the American Civil War\|Ephraim Douglass Adams But the first glance about the room restored the father's belligerency. Mlle. Fouchette\|Charles Theodore Murray "Only yourself," Slim announced, laughing and jumping back quickly to avoid any belligerency his joke might inspire in the other. The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service\|James R. Driscoll The St. Albans raid, which occurred a few months later, was a similar act of belligerency. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field\|Thomas W. Knox British Dictionary definitions for belligerency belligerency / (bɪˈlɪdʒərənsɪ) / noun the state of being at war Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to belligerency pugnacity, antagonism, hostility, belligerence, bellicosity, combativeness, bellicoseness, truculency, aggressiveness, contentiousness, animosity, truculence, aggression, argumentativeness, pugnaciousness
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belligerency

noun

Origin of belligerency

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Example sentences from the Web for belligerency

British Dictionary definitions for belligerency

noun

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