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militarist

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adjective

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Noun
  • This spring, Republicans sidelined fiscal hawks to pass a spending bill that did nothing to tackle deficits.
    The Editors, National Review, 15 May 2025
  • Some fiscal hawks are insisting upon smaller tax cuts to avoid blowing up the deficit.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Russian propagandists are becoming even more belligerent now that the United States is considering harsher sanctions on Russia, while the European Union enacted them yesterday.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • Dear Eric: Last year my father’s funeral was ruined because of a rude and disrespectful cemetery security guard, who yelled at and became belligerent with my family for no reason.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • Saturday's summit comes two months after Israel ended a ceasefire reached with the Hamas militant group in January.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2025
  • Israel blames civilian casualties on Hamas because the militant group operates from civilian areas.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • The bottom line: Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.
    Hans Nichols, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Freyja, however, is a more warlike goddess, and even has a part in selecting warriors for her hall in the afterlife.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Then a sudden switch: a bellicose, spine-stiffening bass line, and the instantly infamous refrain.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
  • Trump, for all his bellicose rhetoric and military escalations, has always been deeply skeptical of getting into another major Middle Eastern war.
    Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
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“Militarist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militarist. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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