AGGRESSIONS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

aggressions

noun

plural of aggression

as in assaults

the act or action of setting upon with force or violence diplomats warned that any aggression by either side could easily turn into a full-scale war

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Recent Examples of aggressions Race, bad bosses and the fly-on-the-wall fun of watching office politics and micro-aggressions play out makes this workplace suspense novel a total page-turner (as well as a binge-worthy limited television series). —

Laura Zigman, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026 Oil prices have surged since February 28, when the US and Israel opened aggressions by assassinating Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei in a series of missile strikes that also killed the commander of the IRGC, the minister of defense, and other top brass. —

Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Mar. 2026 As servers delicately navigate around the women, serving plates of food that will never be touched, micro-aggressions are tossed, disguised as jokes. —

Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026 If and when such aggressions fully materialize, the United States will lack the moral and ethical authority to credibly object. —

Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026 Her visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which its nearest neighbors see as an homage to Japan’s past wartime aggressions, have also angered both of those nations. —

Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025 The proceedings seem to be going fine until unexpected tensions and aggressions start to break out among the dancers. —

Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 For Brasília, Beijing constitutes an indispensable strategic partner, but Washington, even after its recent aggressions, remains an irreplaceable global power. —

Hussein Kalout, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025 Challenges are also proceeding against the other frenzied aggressions prompted by the fake immigration emergency, including a lawsuit by the ACLU over the creation of the Alligator Alcatraz facility. —

Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025

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President Volodymyr Zelensky called the long-range strikes ‘entirely justified’ retaliation for Russian assaults on Kyiv, as Moscow reported intercepting more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones over its territory and occupied Crimea.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
One woman who hid during the attack at a music festival described hearing multiple assaults, according to the report.

— Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 16 May 2026