aggression

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

   “Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The practice or habit of launching attacks.
3. (countable, uncountable)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.”

4. (countable, uncountable)The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.