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The Clue

Belligerent (10 letter answer)

The Answer

PUGNACIOUS

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Notes

The answer PUGNACIOUS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

Definition

PUGNACIOUS as an adjective:

1. (hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious) = tough and callous by virtue of experience
2. (pugnacious, rough) = ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"