Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
CHINA sent both bellicose and conciliatory signals yesterday as tension continued in the Taiwan Strait over Chinese military exercises and the deployment of US naval battle groups.
Showing or having the impulse to be combative.
Etymology tree Old Latin duellumder. Latin bellum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin -icus Latin bellicusder. Latin bellicum signumclip.? Latin bellicum Proto-Indo-European ...
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