What is the meaning of combative?

Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits.
- usage: "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
- synonyms: contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious
Striving to overcome in argument.
- usage: "a dialectical and agonistic approach"
- synonyms: agonistic, agonistical
Having or showing a ready disposition to fight.
- usage: "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"
- synonyms: battleful, bellicose

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