truculency

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Noun
  • The Russian president has unilaterally declared a three-day ceasefire over the course of the Victory Day celebrations, which will be a key propaganda event for the Kremlin in light of its aggression in Ukraine.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
  • The early stages of the war revealed how a lack of preparedness left many nations vulnerable to aggression.
    Lt. General Leon Scott Rice, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Trump’s truculence has infuriated Canadians, leading many to cancel U.S. vacations, refuse to buy American goods and possibly even to vote early.
    Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Trump’s truculence has infuriated many Canadians, leading many to cancel U.S. vacations, refuse to buy American goods and possibly even vote early.
    Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On October 15, 1924, André Breton published a manifesto that was as notable for its belligerence as its egotism.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Wolff said Xi may not be ready to take Taiwan by force yet as there are other hotspots in the South China Sea where the U.S. potentially would be obliged to intervene against Chinese belligerence, such as the Philippines.
    John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Contrary to former President Joe Biden, our co-belligerency is not to make Ukraine safe for democracy.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Congress has given away its power to declare war to the president, handing over the ability to take the nation from a state of peace to a state of belligerency or co-belligerency.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024
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“Truculency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truculency. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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