aggressive
Example Sentences
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It has a faint, almost red-hot intensity; it’s not aggressive, but assertive.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
So elderly individuals with a mild amount of plaque may have less aggressive treatment than a younger person with the same level, says Blankstein.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Britain accused Russia of waging an "increasingly aggressive and co-ordinated campaign of harassment".
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Militarism is a belief in the need to have a strong and aggressive military that is in a constant state of readiness.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
