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aggression Noun 1. violent and hostile behaviour 2. an unprovoked attack [Latin aggredi to attack] aggressor n
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aggression noun 1. hostility, malice, antagonism, antipathy, aggressiveness, ill will, belligerence, destructiveness, malevolence, pugnacity Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The reasons on which the Duc de Bassano based his refusal to deliver them to him would never have led me to suppose that that could serve as a pretext for aggression. "Yes, I understand," said the District Attorney; "you committed the aggression - you were compelled to, as it were. From a long and miserable experience of suffering, injustice, disgrace and aggression the nations of the earth are mostly swayed by fear - fear of the sort that a little cheap oratory turns easily to rage, hate, and violence. |
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