combative
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Adjective
combative (comparative more combative, superlative most combative)
- Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
- Their combative conduct leads to many problems.
- 2013, The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy:
- He finds, not “demigods” but “a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.
- 2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
- Salvation arrived - as it so often has in this nerve-shredding campaign - through Dykes, the combative striker.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:combative
Derived terms
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given to fighting
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combative
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