4
rival(noun, combatant)
4
war-ridden
3
aggressor(noun, tough, opponent, champion, mercenary)
3
argumentative(adjective, mean, nasty, determined, hostile)
3
at war(adjective, idiom, attack)
3
crusader(noun, radical, zealot, fundamentalist)
3
demonstrator(noun, person, terrorist)
3
embattled(adjective, aggressive, combative)
3
gladiatorial(adjective, energetic, hostile, antagonistic, aggressive)
3
jingoistic
3
partisan(noun, person, radical, revolutionary, zealot)
3
protester(noun, person, demonstrator)
3
quarreler(noun, combatant)
3
struggler(noun, combatant)
3
swordsman(noun, combatant)
3
thug(noun, combatant)
3
up in arms(expression, adjective, idiom, aggressive, combative)
2
battling(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
2
combating(adjective, aggressive, combative)
2
determined(adjective, spirited, aggressive, plucky)
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