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Attack first
Answer for the clue "Attack first ", 7 letters:
aggress
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Word definitions for aggress in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" [syn: attack ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aggressed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggressing .] [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF. aggresser. See Grade .] To commit the first act of hostility or offense; ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"attack," 1714, back-formation from aggression , but used earlier with a sense of "approach" (1570s) and in this sense from French aggresser , from Late Latin aggressare , frequentative of Latin aggredi "to approach, attack." Related: Aggressed ; aggressing ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. aggression. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To set upon; to attack. 2 (context intransitive construed with '''on''' English) To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with; to make an attack against.
Usage examples of aggress.
We have already seen that feeling put-down may cause us to aggress to inflate our ego.
As a result one may aggress towards objects as an acceptable outlet of the aggression.
First of all it is very common and, secondly, it upsets at least two people--the aggressor and the aggressed against.
There are two problems: how to prevent or control your own anger and how to handle someone aggressing against you.