COMBATIVE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of combative – Learner’s Dictionary

combative
adjective
  formal
uk
/ˈkɒmbətɪv/ us
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eager to fight or argue

(Definition of combative from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of combative

in Chinese (Traditional)
好戰的, 好鬥的, 好爭論的…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
好战的, 好斗的, 好争论的…
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in Spanish
combativo…
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in Portuguese
combativo…
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in more languages
in Polish
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wojowniczy…
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kavgacı, kavgayı/dalaşmayı seven…
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воинственный, агрессивный…
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