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 Kickstart Your Day with The Morning Jolt Young people will have to trust me: This is just what the Left said: that the Kremlin was peace-loving, or peace-seeking, while American warmongers made the world dangerous. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024 The world is in a constant state of unrest, and we are pressured by failures in our stewardship of the world’s nature and resources, hostile warmongers who possess the ultimate weapons of mass destruction, and the veniality and fragility of our own leaders, national or local. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024 The Obama-Biden clique’s approach to American statecraft plainly prefers granting inducements to Iran that benefit its terror apparatus abroad, while shrugging off any oversight at home and tarring the critics as warmongers. The Editors, National Review, 13 May 2024 Before the bombs dropped, those who supported America’s fight abroad — and companies like Vault-Tec, which profited from it — were labeled warmongers and evil capitalists. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for warmonger
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  • On the other side of the coin are pro-Trump lawmakers and Iran hawks like South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, both of whom have advocated for the U.S. to assist Israel in taking out Iran's nuclear facilities.
    Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Federal spending is clearly out of control, deficit hawks say, citing runaway national debt.
    Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025

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“Warmonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warmonger. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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