truculency

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truculency
Noun
  • Omar Havana/Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has formally approved the creation of a special international tribunal to prosecute senior Russian officials for the crime of aggression tied to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
  • The new body will deal with the crime of aggression, specifically regarding the use of armed force by one state against another.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Those who remember the truculence of those rough-and-tumble Ducks know how much of a sacrifice that was.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The continuous uncertainty, chaos and belligerence created by this man could drive one to drink — and so does the thought of being stuck with him for four whole years.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
  • Kennedy’s needling belligerence and openness to unpopular views served him well as a skeptic.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 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 3 Jul. 2025.

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