noun. Hostile or destructive behavior or attitudes.

noun. The practice or habit of taking hostile actions or launching military attacks.

noun. A hostile act or military attack.

noun. The act of proceeding to hostilities or invasion; a breach of the peace or right of another or others; an assault, inroad, or encroachment; hence, any offensive action or procedure: as, an aggression upon a country, or upon vested rights or liberties.

noun. The practice of making assaults or attacks; offensive action in general.

noun. Synonyms Attack, invasion, assault, encroachment, injury, offense.

noun. The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault. “Aggressions of power.”

noun. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

noun. The practice or habit of launching attacks.

noun. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

noun. the act of initiating hostilities

noun. deliberately unfriendly behavior

noun. a disposition to behave aggressively

noun. a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

noun. violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

"I think our weakness, unfortunately, invited this aggression, but this aggression is a great opportunity to begin resuming the offensive against the terrorist groups."

aggress  aggressive  aggressiveness  aggressor  

war of aggression  

armed combat  combat  enmity  hostility  ill will  

Hessian  accession  compression  concession  confession  

arrogance  betrayal  bloodshed  brutality  despotism  

adventuresomeness  adventurousness  aggravated assault  aggressiveness  ambitiousness