Definition for Belligerence
From Biology Forums Dictionary
Meaning
Aggressiveness, combativeness.
Sentence
The belligerence in Turner's voice told them that the warning was a serious threat.
Commentary
The belligerence of Marlon Brando's performance as the violent Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire electrified the country. Belligerent speeches by leaders of the Soviet Union and the United Sates throughout the Cold War kept the world on edge for years. Iraq's shocking belligerence toward Kuwait and its own Kurdish people resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths.