aggress

Speech parts

1. aggress - Noun

2. aggress - Verb

Meaning

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

To set upon; to attack.

Aggression.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

attack bash charge fight strike assault beat jump attacking storm raid pound invade rush batter
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Antonyms

guard support cover protect screen save
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Hypernyms

move act

Hyponyms

fork check pin tackle harass

Related terms

aggressive aggression aggressor aggressiveness

Derivatives

aggressed aggressing

Examples

If the United States was mad enough to attack Iran or aggress Venezuela again the price of a barrel of oil could reach $150 or even $200. Hugo Chávez

The utopian male concept which is the premise of male pornography is this --since manhood is established and confirmed over and against the brutalized bodies of women, men need not aggress against each other in other words, women absorb male aggression. Andrea Dworkin

The Serbs attacked the village at night Source: Internet

The visiting team started to attack Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

aggrephagy aggresomal aggresome aggressee aggressin aggression