Sentence:  L'Unita and Hoy published identical denunciations of Short 's elevation , l'Osservatore Romano and the Christian Science Monitor ignored it , Times of India snickered at it , and the Manchester Guardian simply reported it - the Fosterites in England were few but extremely <WSD>militant</WSD> . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  disposed to warfare or hard-line policies