warpath

noun war·path \ ˈwȯr-ˌpath , -ˌpäth \

Updated on: 27 Feb 2018

Definition of warpath

1 : the route taken by a party of American Indians going on a warlike expedition or to a war

2 : a hostile or combative course of action or frame of mind

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Cheddar was also the recipient of the previous leaks that appear to have put Snap management on the warpath.

— david z. morris, Fortune, "Leaked Snap Memo Says Employees Could Go to Jail If They . . . Leak Memos," 8 Jan. 2018
Spurs striker Harry Kane is on the warpath again, having sensed that his top-scoring achievements are under threat.

— SI.com, "Spurs Star Harry Kane Takes Over Twitter After Breaking Premier League Record," 26 Dec. 2017
After spending Christmas Day not-at-all-sadly liking his old tweets, President Trump was back on the warpath Tuesday morning, attacking the FBI and claiming, for the second time in a week, that Obamacare is over.

— benjamin hart, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump Again Claims, Wrongly, That Obamacare Has Been Repealed," 26 Dec. 2017
After the explosion of their Starkiller Base in The Force Awakens, the bad guys are on the warpath and worse than ever, placing pieces of their military machine in every region of space following their destruction of the New Republic.

— brian truitt, USA TODAY, "'Star Wars': The First Order of 'Last Jedi' is a younger, snippier take on the evil Empire," 15 Dec. 2017
More agonizingly for Republicans, Trump is back on the Twitter warpath.

— Washington Post, "Republicans see political necessity in health care effort," 21 Sep. 2017
More agonizingly for Republicans, Mr. Trump is back on the Twitter warpath.

— alan fram, The Christian Science Monitor, "Once more with feeling: Republicans launch another attempt at health care repeal," 21 Sep. 2017
Progressive groups also spent the weekend on the warpath.

— the washington post, NOLA.com, "Senate Republicans fast-track another 'Obamacare' repeal effort," 17 Sep. 2017
Just a month or so after he was ousted from his post as White House chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon is back on the warpath.

— ishaan tharoor, Washington Post, "In the Trump era, the U.S. needs parliamentary politics more than ever," 12 Sep. 2017

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