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Definition
having or showing a tendency to fight
- The chaplain was shocked by his bellicose words and tone and, to his own amazement and mystification, deeply chagrined that they were turning him loose.Chapter 36 — The Cellar (79% in)
- He bristled with bellicose dismay.Chapter 41 — Snowden (39% in)
There are no more uses of "bellicose" in Catch-22.
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