Aggressor

Definitions

1. The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
2. a fictional state created by the United States Army for maneuver and military exercise purposes in the 1950's
3. a citizen/subject of the fictional Aggressor state

Equivalents

Examples

“Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use⟳ our economic power effectively for the defeat⟳ of aggression. Let⟳ would-be aggressors make⟳ no such mistake⟳ today.”

“In recent years the Aggressor Homeland has been modifying its logistical organization and procedures in an effort to meet⟳ the requirements of mobile and fast-moving forces in modern warfare. (Handbook on Aggressor: Field Manual, United States Department of the Army, June 1973)”

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