belligerence
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/bəˈlɪdʒərəns/
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/bəˈlɪdʒərəns/
Being hostile and wanting to fight or argue.
His drunken belligerence made everyone uncomfortable.
The act of going to war or being involved in a war.
The country's threats of belligerence worried its neighbors.