warpath
3 definitions found
warpath - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Warpath \War"path`\, n.
The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike
expedition. --Schoolcraft.
[1913 Webster]
On the warpath, on a hostile expedition; hence,
colloquially, about to attack a person or measure.
[1913 Webster]
warpath - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
warpath
n 1: hostile or belligerent mood; "the chief is on the warpath
today"
2: a course leading to warfare or battle
warpath - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "warpath":
aggression, aggressiveness, antagonism, bellicism, bellicosity,
belligerence, belligerency, chauvinism, combativeness,
contentiousness, ferocity, fierceness, fight, hostility, jingoism,
martialism, militancy, militarism, pugnaciousness, pugnacity,
quarrelsomeness, saber rattling, truculence, unfriendliness,
unpeacefulness, warmongering
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