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martial

/ˈmɑɹʃəl/ adjective B2
  1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
  2. Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
  3. Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly.
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A KING, whose only son was fond of martial exercises, had a dream in which he was warned that his son would be killed by a lion.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 99 · B2
All in the most martial manner
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 7 · C1
It may, therefore, be easily imagined there is no scarcity of guides at the Colosseum, that wonder of all ages, which Martial thus eulogizes:
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 351 · C1

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