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- Dictionarywarlike/ˈwɔːlʌɪk/
adjective
- 1. disposed towards or threatening war; hostile: "a warlike clan"
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4 days ago · Warlike governments dragging peace-loving people into international conflict is a recurrent theme of both liberal and socialist analyses of war. Some writers have gone to the length of postulating a continuous conspiracy of the rulers against the ruled that can be traced to prehistoric times, when priests and warriors combined in the ...
- Joseph Frankel
21 hours ago · belligerency. Other forms: belligerencies. Definitions of belligerency. noun. fighting; acts of overt warfare. synonyms: hostilities. see more. noun. hostile or warlike attitude or nature.
Jul 9, 2024 · This analogy appropriates the warlike metaphors often used to illustrate the replication of the virus within the body, hinting at a sense of purpose and moral complexity inherent in the condition—a notion cautioned by Susan Sontag in her renowned essay AIDS and its Metaphors (1989).
21 hours ago · War is an armed conflict [a] between armed forces organized under a certain command structure and having the capacity to sustain military operations. [2] It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces.
4 days ago · War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces.
3 days ago · The Vikings believed that the forces of nature were controlled by different deities and beings. Thor, for example, was not only the god of thunder, but also a protector of mankind from the destructive forces of nature. Freyja, the goddess of fertility, was often associated with the earth and the harvest.
3 days ago · Until subjugated by the Russians, the Turkmens were a warlike people, who conquered their neighbours and regularly captured ethnic Persians for sale as slaves in Khiva. It was their boast that not one Persian had crossed their frontier except with a rope round his neck."
