aggression

noun5

1. •
   The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

   • Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression. — 2019
2. •
   The practice or habit of launching attacks.
3. •
   Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

   • The decision to impose a steel and aluminum tariff is an act of aggression which makes trade war between the two pillars of the West a grim possibility. — 2018
4. •
   The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.
5. •
   A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.