aggression
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4.4
- noun
- /əˈɡrɛʃən/
- Formal
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agresión
- I realized that the war of aggression had also robbed me of my childhood.
- an act of aggression
- war of aggression
- military aggression
These are the seven acts of economic aggression that continue to this day, right?
- These are the seven acts of economic aggression that continue to this day, right?
- And yet Vladimir Putin is continuing the aggression.
- These victories show Russia can be beaten in its war of aggression.
- So there is this conversation of ongoing colonial aggression.
- Boris Johnson delivered Brexit, the COVID vaccine and stood up to Russian aggression.
- Britain, France, and Israel face the prospect of nuclear attack if they continue their aggression.
- The second problem with the non aggression with the NAP is that it is a moral argument.
- There were campaigns on behalf of the Arab countries who had suffered as a result of the aggression of Israel.
- Well, I'm a strong supporter of defending Ukraine and against what I consider to be absolute Russian aggression.
- And there's, you know, more events of aggression.
- Instead, it's a story of freedom fighting back in the face of rising aggression.
- That was the theme that was up there in the months leading to the to the aggression.
Examples
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This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait.
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But what if the aggression is not clearly a military attack?
Academic text (2015) -
Sometimes aggression has its uses.
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Any failure to obey any command will be considered an act of aggression against us.
Fiction book (1991) -
We have seen evidence of a wide variety of territorial aggression.
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The Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression was one of the greatest gifts the West has ever received.
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Further attempts on our resources will be considered an act of aggression and met with a much steeper response.
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An overt act of aggression would trigger World War III.
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Its aggression in Georgia should have been the wake-up call that its aggression in Ukraine has belatedly become.
Academic text (2015) -
Vietnam has released new video to prove its claims of aggression in the South China Sea.
Synonyms
476
4.3
An attack in which an army enters another country to take control
348
7.0
A military attack to destroy a specific target
159
7.4
A large attack by an army to gain control
50
5.2
Violent acts between groups or countries
22
8.2
A sudden short attack into enemy land
10
4.1
Actions that hurt or try to control other people
1
7.4
Fighting between two countries or groups during a war
Antonyms
Compounds
How Aggressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
aggression = aggress (semi-transparent) = ag + gress + ion
The transformation from 'aggress' to 'aggression' is clear, but the base 'aggress' itself is less commonly known.
Etymology
The word aggression comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and gress 'step', the same root you see in progress. It originally meant a 'stepping forward', so today aggression can mean the act of starting an attack or hostile action against another.