pugnaciousness

noun

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  1. aggression
  2. belligerence
  3. truculence
  4. belligerency
  5. scrappiness
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  • Russian Ruble Collapses As Putin's Economy in Trouble 9 Russia's currency has continued to plunge, adding to the country's economic turbulence and raising questions about the financial sustainability of Vladimir Putin's aggression in Ukraine.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Critics fear that Trump will be steamrolled by the former Soviet intelligence officer on Ukraine, on sanctions aimed at curbing Russian aggression, and on the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of aggression
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  • Australia’s defense spending exceeds the two-percent threshold and the country has big increases planned for the future, but defense experts in Australia have warned that these increases are all scheduled several years from now, which may be too late to deter Chinese belligerence in the near term.
    Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
  • His belligerence could come directly from the two New York tabloid heroes of his formative years in the city: John Gotti, the gangster who led the Gambino crime family, and George Steinbrenner, the owner of the Yankees.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of belligerence
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  • Government regulation had to be escalated and hundreds of lawsuits had to be filed before the company’s truculence was overcome.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
  • Musk reacted to McCormick’s ruling with characteristic truculence.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
Definition of truculence
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  • Congress has given away its power to declare war to the president, handing over the ability to take the nation from a state of peace to a state of belligerency or co-belligerency.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024
  • Credibility requires consistency, not belligerency.
    Keren Yarhi-Milo, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Definition of belligerency
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  • This scrappiness paid off when delivery became a table stakes channel in the past year.
    Alicia Kelso, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • The unselfishness and scrappiness of the Golden Eagles is reminiscent of those teams coached by Al McGuire in halcyon days.
    Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
Definition of scrappiness
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