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1
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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- acidity,
- biliousness,
- captiousness,
- crankiness,
- crossness,
- disagreeableness,
- fractiousness,
- fretfulness,
- grouchiness,
- grumpiness,
- huffiness,
- irascibility,
- irascibleness,
- irritability,
- irritableness,
- orneriness,
- peevishness,
- pettishness,
- petulance,
- querulousness,
- rudeness,
- surliness,
- testiness,
- waspishness
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2
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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“Aggression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggression. Accessed 19 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of aggression was in 1611
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