saber rattling

saber rattling
Synonyms and related words:
aggression, aggressiveness, antagonism, bellicism, bellicose, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bulldozing, chauvinism, combativeness, commination, contentiousness, denunciation, empty threat, ferocity, fierceness, fight, foreboding, hostility, idle threat, imminence, implied threat, intimidate, intimidation, jingoism, martialism, menace, militancy, militarism, promise of harm, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, sword of Damocles, threat, threateningness, threatfulness, truculence, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, warmongering, warning, warpath

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  • saber\ rattling — • saber rattling • sword rattling noun A show of military strength usually to frighten; a threat of military force. The dictator marched his troops and tanks along the border of our country and did some saber rattling …   Словарь американских идиом

  • saber rattling — n. a threatening of war, or a menacing show of armed force * * * …   Universalium

  • saber-rattling — saber ,rattling noun uncount a threat of violence or military action …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • saber rattling — n. a threatening of war, or a menacing show of armed force …   English World dictionary

  • saber-rattling — /say beuhr rat ling/, n. a show or threat of military power, esp. as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries. [1920 25; see SABER, RATTLE1, ING1] * * * (US) (or Brit sabre rattling) noun [noncount] : actions and statements that …   Useful english dictionary

  • saber rattling — or[sword rattling] {n.} A show of military strength usually to frighten; a threat of military force. * /The dictator marched his troops and tanks along the border of our country and did some saber rattling./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • saber rattling — or[sword rattling] {n.} A show of military strength usually to frighten; a threat of military force. * /The dictator marched his troops and tanks along the border of our country and did some saber rattling./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • saber rattling — noun the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used) • Syn: ↑sabre rattling • Hypernyms: ↑military action, ↑action * * * noun : an ostentatious, offensive, or threatening display of military power or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • saber-rattling — noun A mostly US spelling of sabre rattling …   Wiktionary

  • saber-rattling — /say beuhr rat ling/, n. a show or threat of military power, esp. as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries. [1920 25; see SABER, RATTLE1, ING1] * * * …   Universalium

  • saber rattling — noun Date: 1922 ostentatious display of military power …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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