Plural form of belligerence; multiple instances or types of aggressive or warlike behavior.
The plural form of 'belligerence', maintaining the same Latin roots ('bellum' + 'gerere'). This form is rarely used but appears in academic or diplomatic contexts discussing multiple conflicts.
When historians or diplomats need to discuss several different conflicts at once, they'll use this unwieldy plural—it's the kind of word that sounds impressive in a UN speech but almost nobody actually says in casual conversation.
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