warpath
noun
war·path
| \ ˈwȯr-ˌpath
, -ˌpäth\
, -ˌpäth\
Definition of warpath
1
: the route taken by a party of American Indians going on a warlike expedition or to a war
2
: a hostile or combative course of action or frame of mind
Examples of warpath in a Sentence
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Governments have been on the warpath against these devices, which have now been implicated in eight deaths and are accused of littering up sidewalks. — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, "E-Scooters are worse for the environment than many claim, study indicates," 6 Aug. 2019 The defense sniffs it out and, suddenly, a linebacker blitzes through the A-gap on a warpath to quarterback Joe Flacco. — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "Royce Freeman’s physicality a valuable asset in new Broncos’ offense," 22 July 2019 In response to the challenge, Musk went on the warpath this morning. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "Elon Musk Hits Back After SEC Tries to Hold Him in Contempt," 26 Feb. 2019 Tonight: Avoid someone who is clearly on the warpath. — BostonGlobe.com, "Horoscope," 7 July 2018 Heidi Gutman/Bravo/ via Getty Images ICE is on a serious warpath, and even reality stars aren’t safe. — refinery29.com, "ICE Are Allegedly Coming For This RHONJ Husband," 24 June 2018 The youngest, boldest, most talented son of Roger on the warpath with all of college baseball, from Aggies to Hoosiers to Golden Eagles. — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, "Kody Clemens’ antics are good for Texas, great for the CWS," 13 June 2018 In the six weeks since dual reports revealed Cambridge Analytica scraped data from more than 80 million Facebook users to serve them ads for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the data-analytics company has been on the warpath. — Maya Kosoff, The Hive, "The Company That Made Mark Zuckerberg’s Life Hell Is Shutting Down," 2 May 2018 Hambo Hullabaloo: What The Hill's first place to last place demotion in the Hambletonian has Miller and colt's owners on the warpath. — Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com, "Kentucky Derby 2018: Post positions for Triple Crown race at Churchill Downs," 1 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'warpath.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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