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com·bat·ive

combative

pronunciation:
km bae tihv [or] kam b tihv
part of speech: adjective
definition: eager or ready to fight.
The two teams were combative opponents.On another day, she may have accepted this without a fight, but today she was in a combative mood.
antonyms:
conciliatory, pacific, subdued
similar words:
belligerent, truculent
derivations: combatively (adv.), combativeness (n.)