Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies:
— Warlike policies.

synonyms: hawkish, militant.

Roget 720: contending etc. v.; together by the ears, at loggerheads.    at war.    at issue.    competitive, rival; belligerent; contentious, combative, bellicose, unpeaceful^†; warlike etc. 722; quarrelsome etc. 901; pugnacious; pugilistic, gladiatorial; palestric^†, palestrical^†.    ... show more

Roget 722: contending, contentious etc. 720; armed, armed to the teeth, armed cap-a-pie; sword in hand; in arms, under arms, up in arms; at war with; bristling with arms; in battle array, in open arms, in the field; embattled; battled.    unpacific^†, unpeaceful^†; belligerent, combative, armigerous^†, bellicose, martial, warlike; military, militant; soldier-like, soldierly.    chivalrous; strategical, internecine.    ... show more

Suggesting war or military life.

synonym: martial.