as in hawk
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition
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Recent Examples of warmonger
The movie undoubtedly lays the wood on several in Bush’s inner circle — Thandie Newton’s impression of Condoleezza Rice is particularly mean — as W. ponders what happens when a useful idiot falls under the sway of warmongers with bad intel.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
Predictably, Washington's warmongers are apoplectic.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
During the campaign, Trump and Vance cast themselves as men of peace while deriding their opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and her allies as warmongers.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Kickstart Your Day with The Morning Jolt Young people will have to trust me: This is just what the Left said: that the Kremlin was peace-loving, or peace-seeking, while American warmongers made the world dangerous.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
Predictably, Washington's warmongers are apoplectic.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
During the campaign, Trump and Vance cast themselves as men of peace while deriding their opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and her allies as warmongers.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Kickstart Your Day with The Morning Jolt Young people will have to trust me: This is just what the Left said: that the Kremlin was peace-loving, or peace-seeking, while American warmongers made the world dangerous.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warmonger
Noun
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The Federal Reserve, the government’s inflation hawk, has turned its attention to a weak job market.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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And while Ishiba was more dovish towards China, Takaichi is seen as a China hawk.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That came a day after militants returned the remains of three Israeli hostages who had been taken to Gaza in the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, which started the devastating war.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Hamas had agreed per the ceasefire to hand over the remains of 28 dead hostages in exchange for the bodies of 360 Palestinian militants who were killed in the Gaza war.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Warmonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warmonger. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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