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aggression
noun
1 aggression
A disposition to behave aggressively.
Roget 716:
attack;
assault,
assault and battery;
onset,
onslaught,
charge.
aggression,
offense;
incursion,
inroad,
invasion;
irruption;
outbreak;
estrapade†,
ruade†;
coupe de main,
sally,
sortie,
camisade†,
raid,
foray;
run at,
run against;
dead set at.
storm,
storming;
boarding,
escalade†;
siege,
investment,
obsession†,
bombardment,
cannonade.
fire,
volley;
platoon fire,
file fire;
fusillade;
sharpshooting,
broadside;
raking fire,
cross fire;
volley of grapeshot,
whiff of the grape,
feu d'enfer [Fr.].
cut,
thrust,
lunge,
pass,
passado†,
carte and tierce [Fr.],
home thrust;
coupe de bec [Fr.];
kick,
punch
etc.
(impulse)
276.
battue†,
razzia†,
Jacquerie,
dragonnade†;
devastation
etc.
162;
eboulement [Fr.].
assailant,
aggressor,
invader.
base of operations,
point of attack;
echelon.
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Polish: agresywność, agresja
2 aggression
A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack.
synonym: aggressiveness.
Polish: agresja
3 aggression
Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked.
synonym: hostility.
Dutch: vijandigheid, hostiliteit, agressie, agressiviteit
4 aggression
The act of initiating hostilities.
Dutch: agressie
5 aggression
Deliberately unfriendly behavior.
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