Vocabulary
Combative
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
ready or eager to fight or argue
Urdu meaning
جنگجو ، جھگڑالو،لڑنے مرنے کو تیار
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Mr Trump`s combative words, and Mr Netanyahu`s devious machinations strongly suggest that a new war is on the cards.
Dawn Editorials —
Florida meeting
— 2025-12-31
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ATIONAL Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq seems to have taken serious affront to combative remarks made by Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai, which the former criticised on Monday as `irresponsible and provocative`.
Dawn Editorials —
In words only
— 2025-12-03
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But when aid staff face death, injury, kidnapping, trauma or disease in remote areas, it is not safe.The Greta-style combative activism is risky.
Dawn Editorials —
Two icons
— 2025-10-14
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The party`s new nominee for the position, Sohail Afridi, is said to be a more combative person, but how much can he do in the same position?
Dawn Editorials —
Political upheaval
— 2025-10-09
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Yet, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif`s alleged decision to back his daughter`s combative stance apparently disregarding Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif`s request for his help in defusing the tension is likely to exacerbate the rift.
Dawn Editorials —
Deepening rift
— 2025-10-08
Synonyms
pugnacious, aggressive, antagonistic, quarrelsome, argumentative
Antonyms
conciliatory، agreeable, compromising, peaceful
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