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Word: belligerent

Definition: quarrelsome


Sentences Containing 'belligerent'

At last, after several hours, when sundry summer houses had been pulled down, and some area railings had been torn up, to arm the more belligerent spirits, a rumor got about that the Guards were coming.

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