(p. pr. & vb. n.) of War.

aggressive ajar all-out war antagonistic appeal to arms armed combat armed conflict attack battle battling bellicose belligerence belligerency belligerent bloodshed bloodthirsty bloody bloody-minded chauvinist chauvinistic clashing combat combative conflicting confused contending contentious contestant contesting disputant enemy ferocious fierce fighting full of fight grating harsh hawkish hostile hostilities hot war inimical jangling jangly jarring jingo jingoish jingoist jingoistic jostling la guerre martial might of arms militant militaristic military military operations offensive open hostilities open war pugnacious quarrelsome resort to arms saber-rattling sanguinary sanguineous savage scrappy shooting war soldierlike soldierly state of war striving struggling the sword total war trigger-happy truculent unfriendly unpacific unpeaceable unpeaceful war warfare warlike warmaking warmongering wartime