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warpath collapse: a course leading to warfare or battle; hostile or belligerent mood; "the chief is on the warpath today"

hostilities collapse: fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities"

saber rattling collapse: the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)

ferocity collapse: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"

unfriendliness collapse: an unfriendly disposition; dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness

bloodshed collapse: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

aggression collapse: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked; deliberately unfriendly behavior; the act of initiating hostilities; a disposition to behave aggressively; a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

antagonism collapse: (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure; an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility; the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"

hostility collapse: a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"; the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"; a state of deep-seated ill-will

militarism collapse: a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

war collapse: a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"; the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"; an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"; a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"; make or wage war

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