warlike

Modifies a noun

• prince: When a warlike prince attacks a powerful state, his general ship shows itself in preventing the concentration of the enemy's forces.
• tribe: They were a warlike tribe who lived deep in the heart of Asia.
• preparation: At the same time Pompeius prosecuted his warlike preparations with energy.
• spirit: She had a warlike spirit that preferred trouble to idleness.
• store: The Arsenal dates from 1670 and has manufactured many different items of warlike stores for the armed forces.

Modifying Another Word

• inherently: He makes the bold claim that human beings are not inherently warlike.
• somewhat: As the Peace Center was taking on a somewhat warlike character, I chose to call in the authorities and slip out the back.
• too: Although backed by Catharine's father Simon, Henry appears too warlike to win the hand of the mild-mannered ' Maid ' .
• so: And they were so warlike that even the Asiatics drove them out of Asia into eastern Europe.