Dictionary entries for 'aggress'

Synonyms

ag·gress (ə-grĕś)

[French agresser, from Latin aggredī, aggress-, to attack, ad-, ad-, + gradī, to go.]

intransitive verb: -gressed, -gress·ing, -gress·es.

To initiate an attack, war, quarrel, or fight: “America . . . guaranteed that no EC state would aggress against another” (John J. Mearsheimer)