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pugnacious
adjective
Ready and able to resort to force or violence
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pʌɡˈneɪ.ʃəs
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adjective
Ready and able to resort to force or violence
“{'source': 'Herman Melville', 'text': 'pugnacious spirits … lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance'}”
adjective
Tough and callous by virtue of experience
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{'source': 'Herman Melville', 'text': 'pugnacious spirits … lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance'}
They were rough and determined fighting men
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