aggressor

CEFRC2

/əˈɡrɛsər/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person, group, or country that attacks first.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    a citizen/subject of the fictional Aggressor state

Examples

  • It's on the aggressor's side of town.

  • Sami said it was Layla that was the aggressor, not him.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /əˈɡɹɛsə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. a fictional state created by the United States Army for maneuver and military exercise purposes in the 1950's

  2. The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

More examples

In context

  • Tom was clearly the aggressor.

  • In recent years the Aggressor Homeland has been modifying its logistical organization and procedures in an effort to meet the requirements of mobile and fast-moving forces in modern warfare. (Handbook on Aggressor: Field Manual, United States Department of th...

  • Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use our economic power effectively for the defeat of aggression. Let would-be aggressors make no such mistake today.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

In the fight, it was clear that the taller boy was the blank because he threw the first punch.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Derived from Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).