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as in aggression
an inclination to fight or quarrel
a congenital truculence that resulted in his spending a significant amount of time in the principal's office
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as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
the sergeant's truculence was revealed when she made the recruits run even further in the heat
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Recent Examples of truculence
Repression at home produces truculence abroad.
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Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2022
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng opened the door to such a meeting after months of diplomatic outbursts from Beijing, where the truculence of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has been matched by military saber-rattling and a crackdown in Hong Kong.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2020
And he’s defended that position, albeit with unnecessary truculence, in numerous appearances on Capitol Hill.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
Jacobs appeared before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment on October 17, 1983, and spoke with truculence.
—WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
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Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2022
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng opened the door to such a meeting after months of diplomatic outbursts from Beijing, where the truculence of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has been matched by military saber-rattling and a crackdown in Hong Kong.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2020
And he’s defended that position, albeit with unnecessary truculence, in numerous appearances on Capitol Hill.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
Jacobs appeared before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment on October 17, 1983, and spoke with truculence.
—WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truculence
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The armor is part of Taiwan's broader efforts to strengthen its defenses amid increasing military aggression from China.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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This is an aggression to look at someone with desire.Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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His father, Colin Gray, is facing 29 charges — including two counts of involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children — related to the shooting at his son’s high school.Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Oxford, no longer relevant to the contemporary world in so many ways, was advertising its special connection with the cruelty and suffering that had been rolled out across the entire planet, over centuries, and still rolling away.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Rasoulof’s story is harrowing, and the movie works as an urgent political thriller, a blunt domestic drama and a document of state brutality.Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Civil War For a movie about political violence, police brutality, PTSD, and the ethics of journalism, a whole lot of people got a whole lot of mileage out of a single image of Jesse Plemons wearing heart sunglasses.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
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Soon afterward, the U.S. said the system would not be deployed to Ukraine, with deputy Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh telling reporters that the war between Russia and Ukraine differed to hostilities in the Middle East.Michael D. Carroll AND Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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In January, the World Bank and Ipsos, a market research firm, estimated that nearly 60% of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure had been damaged or destroyed by hostilities.Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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This subtle yet revolutionary approach reflects the film’s core message: change begins with the smallest of actions, and these quiet acts of defiance can ripple outward to create a more liberated future.Taarini Kaur Dang, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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One of the most glaring moments of defiance came in January 2022, when both maverick senators voted against a Democratic proposal to carve out the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass voting rights legislation.Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Truculence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truculence. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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