as in hawk
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition
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Recent Examples of warmonger
Mayor Mamdani is free from the pressures of lobbyists and warmongers who try to cultivate and flip rising stars.
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Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
People of peace have no PR machine and no media budget - so media narratives are skewed toward warmongers.
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Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Nov. 2025
Democrats saw him as a master of dark arts, beholden to his former pals in the oil industry and a warmonger who goaded the nation to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to help his benefactors.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
20 Nov. 2025
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on November 3 at age 84, enjoyed some unexpected respect in his last years from Democrats who once viewed him as a Machiavellian warmonger.
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Max Boot,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
People of peace have no PR machine and no media budget - so media narratives are skewed toward warmongers.
—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Nov. 2025
Democrats saw him as a master of dark arts, beholden to his former pals in the oil industry and a warmonger who goaded the nation to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to help his benefactors.
—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
20 Nov. 2025
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on November 3 at age 84, enjoyed some unexpected respect in his last years from Democrats who once viewed him as a Machiavellian warmonger.
—
Max Boot,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warmonger
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Don't miss the daily Raptor Show, where falcons, hawks, and even the occasional golden eagle will soar mere centimeters from your head.
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Many hawks advocated introducing ground troops, but doing so would have made matters much worse.
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At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi.
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Pakistani Taliban militants and other armed groups also operate in the region.
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Sullivan and Sodais watched together as the militants seized Herat.
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“Warmonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warmonger. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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