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belligerents

noun as in militant

noun as in hawk

noun as in combatant

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History suggests wars inevitably grow, and sometimes much larger than any of the belligerents intended.

The belligerents in abortion wars disdain this search for compromise as mere equivocation, a flinching from deeper truths.

During the first few weeks following the Cavite naval battle nothing remarkable occurred between the belligerents.

Dorothy was deeply moved, but was only too glad to be the means of restoring peace to the belligerents she had left.

In the Thirty Years' War both belligerents finally proved to be nearly equal in strength.

In the European war one of the belligerents, though at first meeting with reverses, in the end completely overcame the other.

In the Thirty Years' War nothing further was necessary; the exhaustion of both belligerents was sufficient to end religious wars.

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On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to belligerents, such as: activist, combatant, demonstrator, fighter, protester, and rioter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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