aggression

Etymology

From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”).

noun

1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
   Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression. 2019-4-28, 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