sabre-rattlingnoun [ U ]
UK disapproving US saber-rattling uk/ˈseɪ.bəˌræt.əl.ɪŋ/us/ˈseɪ.bɚˌræt̬.əl.ɪŋ/talking and behaving in a way that threatens military action
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggro
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- atrocious
- atrocity
- confrontation
- desperate
- flex your muscles idiom
- forced
- forcible
- frenzied
- gay-basher
- hostile
- running with blood idiom
- savage
- savagely
- savagery
- steep
- steeped in blood idiom
- strong-arm
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