belligerence
[noun]
Synonyms: attack, aggression, aggressiveness, combativeness, fight, pugnacity

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belligerence noun

1. unfriendly and aggressive feelings or behaviour Synonym : hostility
   • ● his drunken belligerence
2. (formal) the state of fighting a war or the act of going to war
   • ● threats of belligerence towards Iran

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