AGGRESSION


Meaning of AGGRESSION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ naked , open , overt

a display of naked ~

▪ pent-up

ways of releasing pent-up ~

▪ unprovoked

▪ physical , sexual , verbal

▪ external , foreign

The president announced that the country would not tolerate foreign ~.

▪ American , British , etc.

▪ armed , military

… OF AGGRESSION

▪ act

Acts of ~ against against gays and lesbians are not always reported.

VERB + AGGRESSION

▪ display , exhibit , express , show

the brutality and ~ displayed by the soldiers

▪ channel , direct

He manages to channel his ~ into football.

▪ control , deter

▪ release

▪ encourage

Do toy guns encourage ~?

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ against , ~ by

Aggression by one nationality against another often leads to war.

▪ ~ towards/toward

It showed no ~ towards/toward other dogs.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .