aggression

Definitions

1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion
2. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
   countable, uncountable
3. The practice or habit of launching attacks
4. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
   countable, uncountable
5. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions
6. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
   countable, uncountable
7. The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion
8. The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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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