combative

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GRAEME SOUNESS v STEAUA BUCHARESTSouness was always known as a combative character, and his tackle here in his Rangers days has to be seen to be believed,

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  1. adjective Eager or disposed to fight; belligerent. See Synonyms at argumentative.

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  • In addition he was prompt, combative, and magnanimous; shrewd, but never subtle; sensible, but not imaginative. —  Lady John Russell
  • Neither their postures nor their expressions were combative, and I was about to dismiss my forebodings when Emerson swung his arm and struck Mr. Weigall full in the chest. —  52316_ApeWhoGuardsTheBalance
  • It had sounded combative, and he was tired of that. —  Lunatics
  • In spirit he was alert, combative, aggressive; in manner, patronizing and arrogant by turns. —  Abraham Lincoln, A History, Volume 2
  • Al Franken: Franken was so snide, combative, and downright "un-senatorial" that even the state's most famous ultra-liberal paper, the Minnesota Star Tribune, endorsed his opponent, —  Top Stories - Google News
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