as in hawks
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition
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Recent Examples of warmongers
That reference to unspecified warmongers hewed to her unfortunate pattern of spreading conspiracy theories.
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Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warmongers
hawks
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Advertisement The long-running free speech consensus upheld by left-leaning civil libertarians and conservative First Amendment hawks alike has been complicated by questions created by a once inconceivably powerful social media machine.—
John Wihbey,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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Republicans are using the conferences and additional press calls to show that their party is united, having centrist lawmakers speak one day and then more conservative fiscal hawks the next.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Warmongers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warmongers. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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