aggress – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
aggress
v.
behave in an aggressive manner; commit an act of aggression
Aggression
Aggression is overt, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or other unpleasantness upon another individual. It may occur either in retaliation or without provocation. In humans, frustration due to blocked goals can cause aggression.
Submissiveness may be viewed as the opposite of aggressiveness.
aggress
Verb
1. take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
(synonym) attack
(hypernym) act, move
(hyponym) check
(verb-group) attack, assail
(derivation) aggression
Aggress
(v. t.)
To set upon; to attack.
(v. i.)
To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
(n.)
Aggression.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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