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Aggression

//əˈɡɹɛʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. countable, uncountable

    "Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression."

  2. 2
    violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked wordnet
  3. 3
    The practice or habit of launching attacks. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    deliberately unfriendly behavior wordnet
  5. 5
    Hostile or destructive behavior or actions. countable, uncountable

    "The decision to impose a steel and aluminum tariff is an act of aggression which makes trade war between the two pillars of the West a grim possibility."

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  1. 6
    the act of initiating hostilities wordnet
  2. 7
    The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a disposition to behave aggressively wordnet
  4. 9
    a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”).

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