COBELLIGERENT Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

cobelligerent

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Recent Examples of cobelligerent Some American officials assert that as a matter of international law, the provision of weaponry and intelligence to the Ukrainian Army has made the United States a cobelligerent, an argument that some legal experts dispute. — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022

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The opening of negotiations with the Lebanese government, which is not a belligerent in the conflict, will not immediately affect fighting against Hezbollah.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2026
Qatar, host of the US’s Al Udeid Air Base, is effectively a belligerent of Iran, meaning that until hostilities cease, that helium isn’t getting through.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 Apr. 2026

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The main combatants are Ethiopian federal troops and fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, or TPLF, an armed political group in Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost regional state.

— SAMUEL GETACHEW, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
The main combatants are Ethiopian federal troops and fighters loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, an armed political group in Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost regional state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

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Jared Bernstein, who served as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Biden administration, has similarly sounded more like a debt hawk than a dove.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
At the same time, Sobyanin, who is widely seen as a pragmatist, has rebuffed calls by Russian hawks for a broad mobilization of conscripts and putting the entire economy on a war footing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of hawk

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Pakistan has long accused Afghanistan's Taliban government of sheltering militants responsible for cross-border attacks.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Israelis were targeted in a string of hijackings and airplane attacks by Palestinian militants in the 1960s and 1970s.

— Samy Magdy, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

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