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  • aggressive — ag‧gres‧sive [əˈgresɪv] adjective 1. an aggressive action uses direct and forceful methods in order to achieve the result that someone wants: • aggressive marketing tactics to promote smoking among teenagers • aggressive cost cutting • Aggressive …   Financial and business terms

  • aggressive — adjective 1 behaving in an angry, threatening way, as if you want to fight or attack someone: The men were drunk, aggressive and looking for a fight. 2 someone who is aggressive is very determined to succeed or get what they want: A successful… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • aggressive — 1 attacking, offensive (see base words at ATTACK n) Analogous words: invading, encroaching, trespassing (see TRESPASS vb) Antonyms: resisting: repelling 2 Aggressive, militant, assertive, self assertive, pushing, pushy are here compared as… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • aggressive — [ə gres′iv] adj. 1. aggressing or inclined to aggress; starting fights or quarrels 2. ready or willing to take issue or engage in direct action; militant 3. full of enterprise and initiative; bold and active; pushing 4. Psychiatry of or involving …   English World dictionary

  • action — [n1] something done activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, ballgame*, big idea*, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, functioning, game, going, happening, haste, hoopla*, hopper*,… …   New thesaurus

  • Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) — A VMFA 314 F/A 18A lands on USS Coral Sea (CV 43). Date March, 1986 …   Wikipedia

  • Action-Spiel — Action Spiel,   ein Computerspiel das meist kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen zum Thema hat (in diesem Fall umgangssprachlich auch »Ballerspiel« genannt, Arcade Spiele), wobei der Spieler versuchen muss aggressive Gegner zu vernichten.  … …   Universal-Lexikon

  • aggressive behaviour — Any action of an animal intended to injure an opponent or prey animal or to cause an opponent to retreat. Aggression may be caused by various stimuli. Within its own group, an animal must display aggressive postures to maintain its position… …   Universalium

  • aggressive — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get, grow (esp. AmE), turn ▪ make sb …   Collocations dictionary

  • action — noun 1 process of doing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ decisive, effective, firm, strong, vigorous ▪ He urged the government to take decisive action against music piracy. ▪ aggressive …   Collocations dictionary

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