pugnacious, adj.
ready and able to resort to force or violence
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pugnacious rough
sample sentences
"pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville"they were rough and determined fighting men"
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tough and callous by virtue of experience
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hard-bitten hard-boiled pugnacious
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