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AGGRESS

Pronunciation (US):

• AGGRESS (verb)
The verb AGGRESS has 1 sense:

1. take the initiative and go on the offensive

Familiarity information: AGGRESS used as a verb is very rare.

• AGGRESS (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Take the initiative and go on the offensive

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

aggress; attack

Context examples:

The Serbs attacked the village at night / The visiting team started to attack

Hypernyms (to "aggress" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "aggress"):

check (place into check)

fork (place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces)

harass (exhaust by attacking repeatedly)

pin (immobilize a piece)

tackle (seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

"Cider on beer, never fear; beer upon cider, makes a bad rider."
(English proverb)
"After every darkness is light."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"A bite from a lion is better the look of envy."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who goes slowly, goes surely; and he who goes surely, goes far."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of tackle
Pronunciation of pin
Meaning of check
Pronunciation of fork
Meaning of act

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