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prowar

British  
/ ˈprəʊˈwɔː /

adjective

  1. in favour of or supporting war

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We know that the majority of Americans shifted from antiwar to prowar positions in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

From Scientific American • Oct. 23, 2023

The nation’s premier nuclear research center, the Kurchatov Institute, which helped Ukraine deal with the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, posted a similarly prowar statement to its website on 7 March.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 7, 2022

He was then militantly anti-German and prowar, but in October 1917 he resigned from the University because it had fired Pacifists James McKeen Cattell and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are few subjects on which he has been more silent recently, and his reticence has prompted rumors that he has modified his prowar stand of two years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Green Berets was probably the only prowar movie made in the '60s.

From Time Magazine Archive