1
as in aggressiveness
an inclination to fight or quarrel
though the dogs have a reputation for aggression, many of their owners insist they make gentle pets
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2
as in attack
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence
diplomats warned that any aggression by either side could easily turn into a full-scale war
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Recent Examples of aggression
Sanctions were imposed on dozens of Russian business figures following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a move intended to curb President Vladimir Putin's influence and dissuade Moscow's aggression.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
The Trump administration is enacting a mass-deportation campaign centered around aggression and cruelty.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
The antithesis of the Italian automaker’s now signature styling ethos of angular aggression, this Lamborghini is more akin to Maranello’s grand tourers of the day, such as the Ferrari 330 GTC.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
The Arab Gulf states opposed the 2015 nuclear deal, for instance, for being too narrow in scope and for not requiring Iran to curb its aggression in the Middle East in return for normalizing relations with the West.
—Hasan T. Alhasan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
The Trump administration is enacting a mass-deportation campaign centered around aggression and cruelty.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
The antithesis of the Italian automaker’s now signature styling ethos of angular aggression, this Lamborghini is more akin to Maranello’s grand tourers of the day, such as the Ferrari 330 GTC.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
The Arab Gulf states opposed the 2015 nuclear deal, for instance, for being too narrow in scope and for not requiring Iran to curb its aggression in the Middle East in return for normalizing relations with the West.
—Hasan T. Alhasan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggression
Noun
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But just this week, BPD arrested two undocumented immigrants caught on camera carrying out a violent attack in Canton.—
WBFF STAFF,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Aug. 2025
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Education has been under attack in Florida for decades; the dumbing down of our schools and society is notorious.—
Robert Kesten,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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The conflict sparked an international diplomatic scramble to stop hostilities between two nuclear armed powers escalating further.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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Trump and Maduro have had longstanding hostilities Washington and Caracas broke off formal bilateral diplomatic relations in 2019 during Trump’s first term, after Trump backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó in the Latin American country’s presidential election.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
20 Aug. 2025
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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The weight of evidence indicates that Emery’s side, in defiance of their ongoing challenges, will not collapse completely because of an inherent robustness.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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The move comes in direct defiance of President Donald Trump, who rolled back immigration enforcement protection earlier this year for specialfspaces like churches and schools.—
Liam Hibbert,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2025
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While other governments rushed to make concessions in the face of Trump’s tariff onslaught, India has remained defiant.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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University of Virginia President James E. Ryan resigned in June under pressure from the Justice Department over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, reflecting how the government’s premise of combating antisemitism has turned into a broader onslaught.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
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Redistricting in Texas, the center of the fight, is far from over.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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He was arrested three days after the fights and has been detained at the Hamilton County Justice Center.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
14 Aug. 2025
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Since then, his administration has ramped up immigration raids on businesses, threatened widespread deportation, and canceled temporary legal status for more than a million people living in the United States.—
Alexander Kustov,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2025
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In another instance, troops that went with a federal agency conducting a raid at a cannabis farm in Riverside County formed a security perimeter that prevented people from leaving.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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For a certain stripe of critic, the problem with liberal internationalism isn’t its belligerence but its benevolence.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The continuous uncertainty, chaos and belligerence created by this man could drive one to drink — and so does the thought of being stuck with him for four whole years.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2025
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“Aggression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggression. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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