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combative, adj.
more info 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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more info striving to overcome in argument
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agonistic agonistical combative

sample sentences

"a dialectical and agonistic approach"
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more info 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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