as in hawks
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition
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Recent Examples of warmongers
The resulting film, Yes—opening this week in New York City—begins with an orgiastic carnival among warmongers in Tel Aviv.
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Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 25 Mar. 2026
Mayor Mamdani is free from the pressures of lobbyists and warmongers who try to cultivate and flip rising stars.
—Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
People of peace have no PR machine and no media budget - so media narratives are skewed toward warmongers.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
That reference to unspecified warmongers hewed to her unfortunate pattern of spreading conspiracy theories.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 25 Mar. 2026
Mayor Mamdani is free from the pressures of lobbyists and warmongers who try to cultivate and flip rising stars.
—Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
People of peace have no PR machine and no media budget - so media narratives are skewed toward warmongers.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
That reference to unspecified warmongers hewed to her unfortunate pattern of spreading conspiracy theories.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warmongers
hawks
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The comments reflect an effort by Cruz to minimize internal GOP fractures at a moment when foreign policy, particularly Iran, has exposed real tensions between the party’s traditional hawks and a rising noninterventionist wing.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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Over the years, a bipartisan coalition supporting nuclear expansion brought together environmentalists who favor zero-carbon power and defense hawks focused on abundant domestic energy production.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Warmongers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warmongers. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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