ETYM Latin aggressio, from aggredi: cf. French agression.
In politics, an unprovoked attack often involving an escalating series of threats aimed at intimidating an opponent. The actions of Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, leading to World War II were considered to be aggressive. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1990 was condemned as an act of aggression.
1. A disposition to behave aggressively.
2. A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack; SYN. aggressiveness.
3. Deliberately unfriendly behavior.
4. The act of initiating hostilities.
5. Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked; SYN. hostility. + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. French attaque.
1. An assault on someone; SYN. attempt.
2. An offensive move in a sport or game.
3. The beginning of an offensive; SYN. onslaught, onset, onrush.
4. Turning one's attention to a problem or a job etc.; SYN. assault.
5. A sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition.
6. A decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase; SYN. tone-beginning. + prikaži više

ETYM French descente, from descendre; like vente, from vendre. Related to Descend.
1. A downward slope; SYN. declivity, fall, decline, downslope.
2. A movement downward.
3. The act of changing one's location in a downward direction.
4. The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors; SYN. line of descent, lineage, filiation. + prikaži više

1. Delay
2. A robbery carried out at gunpoint
3. Something that prevents something else from happening or causes it to happen late is a holdup.
4. When someone uses a gun or other weapon to rob a person, bank, or store, it is a holdup. A stickup is the same as a holdup.

1. An encroachment or intrusion
2. An invasion or hostile attack.

ETYM Latin invasio: cf. French invasion. Related to Invade.
1. Any entry into an area not previously occupied; SYN. encroachment, intrusion.
2. The act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder.

ETYM Icel. reith a riding, raid; akin to Eng. road. Related to Road a way.
1. An attempt by speculators to defraud investors; SYN. mulcting.
2. The act of mulcting public money.
3. An attempt by professional operators to depress stock prices by concerted selling.