aggression

Definition

The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

Etymology

From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”).

Example Sentences

• "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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