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warpath

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war·path  (wôrpth, -päth)
n.
1. A course that leads to warfare or battle.
2. A hostile course or mood: The chef is on the warpath today.

warpath [ˈwɔːˌpɑːθ]
n
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (Historical Terms) the route taken by North American Indians on a warlike expedition
on the warpath
a.  (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (Military) preparing to engage in battle
b.  Informal in a state of anger
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.warpathwarpath - hostile or belligerent mood; "the chief is on the warpath today"
belligerence, belligerency - hostile or warlike attitude or nature
2.warpath - a course leading to warfare or battle
path, way of life, way - a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
Translations
warpath [ˈwɔːpɑːθ] N to be on the warpath (lit) → estar en pie de guerra (fig) → estar dispuesto a armar un lío
warpath [ˈwɔːrpɑːθ] n
to be on the warpath → être sur le sentier de la guerre
warpath [ˈwɔːˌpɑːθ] n to be on the warpath (fig) → essere sul sentiero di guerra
warpath [ˈwɔːˌpɑːθ] n to be on the warpath (fig) → essere sul sentiero di guerra


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Navy, 1839; The Pathfinder, or the Inland Sea, 1840; Mercedes of Castile, 1841; The Deerslayer, or the First Warpath, 1841; The Two Admirals, 1842; The Wing-and-Wing (Jack o Lantern), 1842; The Battle of Lake Erie, or Answers to Messrs.
No -- better still, he would join the Indians, and hunt buffaloes and go on the warpath in the mountain ranges and the trackless great plains of the Far West, and away in the future come back a great chief, bristling with feathers, hideous with paint, and prance into Sunday- school, some drowsy summer morning, with a blood- curdling war-whoop, and sear the eyeballs of all his companions with unappeasable envy.
Every Elliott and Crawford and MacAllister is on the warpath, loaded for bear.
 
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