combative, adj.
having or showing a ready disposition to fight
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battleful bellicose combative
sample sentences
"bellicose young officers""a combative impulse"
"a contentious nature"
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striving to overcome in argument
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agonistic agonistical combative
sample sentences
"a dialectical and agonistic approach"
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inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
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combative contentious disputatious disputative litigious
sample sentences
"a style described as abrasive and contentious""a disputatious lawyer"
"a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
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