aggression
The act of initiating hostilities or invasionThe act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
» We have to defend our country from the foreign aggression.
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
Aggression, Angriff
агре́ссияagréssija, нападе́ниеnapadénije
агре́сіяahrésija
the act of initiating hostilities
(countable, uncountable)The practice or habit of launching attacks.
Aggression
агре́ссияagréssija, агресси́вностьagressívnostʹ
(countable, uncountable)Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
Aggression
агре́ссияagréssija, нападе́ниеnapadénije
deliberately unfriendly behavior
(countable, uncountable)A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.
(countable, uncountable)The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.
Examples
39 sentencesWe have to defend our country from the foreign aggression.
Tom had aggression issues.
ruУ Тома были проблемы с агрессией. — User91366
The aggression was provoked by all those gratuitous insults.
Агресія була спровокована всіма цими необов'язковими образами. — deniko
The boy's aggression is making problems.
The hyena still showed no aggression.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of agFrom Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion.
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Forms
plural: aggressions| Singular | aggression |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked:hostility
- a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack:aggressiveness
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.