Confrontational and Violent

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Confrontational adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.

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Violent and confrontational are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violent" instead an adjective "Confrontational".

Nearby Words: confront, confrontation

Violent adjective - Marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity.

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Confrontational and violent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confrontational" instead an adjective "Violent".

Nearby Words: violence, violently, violator

While she isn't a blood-hungry warrior, her puzzle solutions are often violent or confrontational and she seems perfectly happy with it.

Source: Video Game / Broken Age
Girly Bruiser: Or at least Pam thinks herself as one; she is sensitive about her hair and nails, but is still as violent and confrontational as Martin, especially when Sheneneh is in the picture.

Source: Series / Martin
Notably, this fact blew up in Fred Gailey's face in the 1947 version, as Fred initially claimed that Kris couldn't be crazy because if he was Santa Claus, it made sense that he'd keep getting violent or confrontational when people kept insisting that he wasn't.

Source: Film / Miracle on 34th Street

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