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
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.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025
Already, Cuba’s top diplomats have been sharing propaganda content discrediting Machado as a warmonger.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Tho declined the award, but the decision to award Kissinger shocked many of his critics who saw him as a warmonger.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
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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.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025
Already, Cuba’s top diplomats have been sharing propaganda content discrediting Machado as a warmonger.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Tho declined the award, but the decision to award Kissinger shocked many of his critics who saw him as a warmonger.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warmonger
Noun
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Truth be told, everyone was hoping for one — the teenage boy behind us, the two younger girls in front, all watching the ball boy like hawks.—
Peter Folan,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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Industry hawks opposed to 340B’s expansion warn that providers could then charge patients for the full cost of the drugs, unbeknownst to the beneficiaries.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In 1981, Irish Republican Army militant Bobby Sands died at age 27 at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland on the 66th day of a hunger strike.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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But militants harass shipping elsewhere in the region, too.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
2 May 2026
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“Warmonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warmonger. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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