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Combative

Combative Meaning & Definition
Combative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Combative?

[adj] having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"
[adj] striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Combative: aggressive | agonistic | agonistical | battleful | bellicose | competitive | competitory | contentious

Related Terms | Find terms related to Combative: aggressive | antagonistic | argumental | argumentative | battling | bellicose | belligerent | bickering | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | chauvinist | chauvinistic | contentious | controversial | dialectic | disputatious | divisive | enemy | energetic | eristic | factional | factious | ferocious | fierce | fighting | full of fight | hawkish | hostile | ill-humored | inimical | irascible | irritable | jingo | jingoish | jingoist | jingoistic | litigious | logomachic | manful | manly | martial | militant | militaristic | military | offensive | on the offensive | partisan | pilpulistic | polarizing | polemic | pro and con | pugnacious | quarrelsome | saber-rattling | sanguinary | sanguineous | savage | scrappy | shrewish | soldierlike | soldierly | strenuous | trigger-happy | truculent | unfriendly | unpacific | unpeaceable | unpeaceful | vigorous | virile | warlike | warmongering | warring | wrangling

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Combative In Webster's Dictionary

\Com"bat*ive\ (? or ?), a. Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.

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