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pugnacious

/pəɡ'neɪʃəs/

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adjective
ready and able to resort to force or violence
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"pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"

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rough aggressive
adjective
tough and callous by virtue of experience
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hard-bitten hard-boiled tough

Examples of pugnacious

"pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"