Hypertext Webster Gateway: "combative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Combative \Com"bat*ive\ (? or ?), a.
Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
combative
adj 1: striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and
agonistic approach" [syn: {agonistic}, {agonistical}]
2: having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose
young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious
nature" [syn: {battleful}, {bellicose}, {contentious}]
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