as in hawk
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition
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Kickstart Your Day with The Morning Jolt Young people will have to trust me: This is just what the Left said: that the Kremlin was peace-loving, or peace-seeking, while American warmongers made the world dangerous.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024
The world is in a constant state of unrest, and we are pressured by failures in our stewardship of the world’s nature and resources, hostile warmongers who possess the ultimate weapons of mass destruction, and the veniality and fragility of our own leaders, national or local.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024
The Obama-Biden clique’s approach to American statecraft plainly prefers granting inducements to Iran that benefit its terror apparatus abroad, while shrugging off any oversight at home and tarring the critics as warmongers.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 May 2024
Before the bombs dropped, those who supported America’s fight abroad — and companies like Vault-Tec, which profited from it — were labeled warmongers and evil capitalists.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024
The world is in a constant state of unrest, and we are pressured by failures in our stewardship of the world’s nature and resources, hostile warmongers who possess the ultimate weapons of mass destruction, and the veniality and fragility of our own leaders, national or local.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024
The Obama-Biden clique’s approach to American statecraft plainly prefers granting inducements to Iran that benefit its terror apparatus abroad, while shrugging off any oversight at home and tarring the critics as warmongers.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 May 2024
Before the bombs dropped, those who supported America’s fight abroad — and companies like Vault-Tec, which profited from it — were labeled warmongers and evil capitalists.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warmonger
hawk
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Trump's decision to approve that strike is said to have come after days of back and forth that pitted the isolationists in his orbit, such as Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon, against Iran hawks in Congress and the diplomatic establishment.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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But Russia hawks are convinced Trump is migrating in their direction after years of siding with more non-interventionist forces, both within his administration and the Republican Party.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
9 July 2025
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“Warmonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warmonger. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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