Synonyms for Aggression
əˈgrɛʃ ənag·gres·sion

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1. aggressionnoun

   An attack may be by word; an aggression is always by deed. An assault may be upon the person, an aggression is upon rights, possessions, etc. An invasion of a nation's territories is an act of aggression; an intrusion upon a neighboring estate is a trespass. Onslaught signifies intensely violent assault, as by an army or a desperado, tho it is sometimes used of violent speech.

   Synonyms:
   assault, attack, attack, encroachment, incursion, infringement, intrusion, invasion, onset, onslaught, trespass

   Antonyms:
   defense, repulsion, resistance, retreat, submission, surrender

   Preposition:
   The enemy made an attack upon (or on) our works.

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1. aggression

   Synonyms:
   invasion, attack, offence, onslaught, encroachment, assault, provocation, incursion

   Antonyms:
   resistance, retaliation, repulsion, withdrawal, retreat, evacuation, accession, acceptance, qualification

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1. aggressionnoun

   a disposition to behave aggressively

   Synonyms:
   hostility, aggressiveness

2. aggression, aggressivenessnoun

   a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

   Synonyms:
   hostility, pugnacity, aggressiveness, aggression, belligerence

3. aggression, hostilitynoun

   violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

   Synonyms:
   aggression, hostility, enmity, ill will, aggressiveness, antagonism

4. aggressionnoun

   the act of initiating hostilities

   Synonyms:
   hostility, aggressiveness

5. aggressionnoun

   deliberately unfriendly behavior

   Synonyms:
   hostility, aggressiveness

Matched Categories

1. • Action
   • Behavior
   • Combat
   • Hostility
   • Unfriendliness

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1. aggressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   attack, assault, invasion, hostile encroachment

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1. List of paraphrases for "aggression":

   assault, aggressiveness, adwan, attack, al-adwan, aggressive, mugging, invasion, aggressor, edwan, odwan, assaults, abuse, invade

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1. British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon:

   That should send a very strong signal of our determination to defend the Baltic states and Poland in the face of continued Russian aggression.

2. Yevgeny Prigozhin:

   If a person is behaving aggressively or provocatively or if there is any risk, especially if he is from the category of former prisoners, you need to let us know. We will send our recruiting group, carefully collect him and send him back to the front, to the place where he should take out his aggression.

3. Cory Booker:

   I will vote in support of the deal. But the United States must recognize that to make this deal work, we must be more vigilant than ever in fighting Iranian aggression.

4. Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin:

   We call on everyone to stand up against the policies of occupation and aggression of this apartheid state.

5. Martin Luther King Jr., December 11, 1964:

   Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.