agression

Noun

aggression (countable and uncountable, plural aggressions)

1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
   • Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.2019 April 28, Hagai El-Ad, “What kind of democracy deports human rights workers?”, in Yoni Molad, transl., +972 Magazine
2. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
   • The decision to impose a steel and aluminum tariff is an act of aggression which makes trade war between the two pillars of the West a grim possibility.2018, Michael Cottakis – LSE, “Colliding worlds: Donald Trump and the European Union”, in LSE's blog
4. A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.
5. The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.