NOUN
- hostile or warlike attitude or nature
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fighting; acts of overt warfare
the outbreak of hostilities
the outbreak of hostilities
How To Use belligerency In A Sentence
- Will belligerency and jingoism solve the issues and problems the two countries face?
- Shimon Peres put a very high value on this, and a statement of nonbelligerency would gain support for the transfer of arms to Jordan that the king saw as symbolically and substantively important. Turmoil and Triumph
- One is an armistice agreement that will provide a situation of nonbelligerency. 'A Deep Friendship'
- He is another lamebrain whose considerable talents are hampered by an out-of-control belligerency that's better suited to a raucous schoolyard game.
- So, to all readers, as well as those I've written about - let me apologize for the displays of pride, pettiness, slander, belligerency, cruelty, and offensiveness - be they intentional or not.
- The president ‘has the inherent authority to thwart acts of belligerency at home or abroad that would do harm to citizens.’
- There will be others running for office in 1996 who succumbed to the temptations of a self-indulgent time (Bob Dole is already sniping at Phil Gramm's nonbelligerency in the 1960s). Lawyering The Truth
- In 628, the Prophet Muhammad agreed to a year-long hudna, hudnat Hudeibiya, which he used to reorganize his forces and then, unilaterally, to break the truce and utterly destroy his erstwhile partners in nonbelligerency. 'Israel: The Threat from Within': An Exchange
- The concept would be nonbelligerency, something long term with no timetable but with a list of expectations. 'IF BARAK LOSES, I DON'T HAVE TO HONOR A DEAL'
- That's why I think the focus on "lawful belligerency" is helpful. Balkinization