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aggressive

/əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/ adjective B1
  1. Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing. · an aggressive policy, war, person, nation
  2. Tends to attack the player while unprovoked. · Zombies are aggressive once you are near them.
  3. Exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
  4. Of a tumor or disease, that spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
  5. Involving high risk for potentially high reward. · an aggressive stock; an aggressive portfolio
  6. Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation; butch. (US) · For quotations using this term, see Citations:aggressive.
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But one could not look upon his cruel blue eyes, with their drooping, cynical lids, or upon the fierce, aggressive nose and the threatening, deep-lined brow, without reading Nature’s plainest danger-signals.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · C1
This technological adaptation fundamentally altered the sonic landscape, producing a driving, aggressive sound characterized by distorted chords and thumping basslines.
From the Delta to Memphis, p. 1 · C1
This aggressive urban restructuring displaced countless families, leaving a tragic legacy of geographical fragmentation that persists well into the modern era.
The Asphalt Arteries: How the Interstates Reshaped America, p. 1 · C2

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