aggressive intention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaggressiveandintention
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aggressive
adjective
uk/əˈɡres.ɪv/us/əˈɡres.ɪv/
showing anger and a willingness to attack ...
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intention
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈten.ʃən/us/ɪnˈten.ʃən/
something that you want and plan ...
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(Definition ofaggressiveandintentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It would surely be wise to assume that someaggressiveintentionmight be involved in this strange development.
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The idea that our policies have anaggressiveintentionis purely a figment of their own suspiciousness.
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I believe that the creation of such enormous fleets can only betray anaggressiveintention.
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There is noaggressiveintention.
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If we make that plain to our own people and the world, we feel that in the long run that may be the best safeguard against any possibleaggressiveintention.
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Each fears that the other has aggressive intentions; and no amount of pacific assurances in both directions have so far succeeded in removing these suspicions.
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Like all peace-loving communities, we have no aggressive intentions, but if we are attacked it becomes almost our duty to defend ourselves.
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Nor, indeed, can any foreign tongue accuse us, by this step we are taking, of any aggressive intentions.
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No nation innocent of aggressive intentions need have the slightest fear or apprehension about it.
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Each fears that the other has aggressive intentions.
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There can be no doubt that some countries have aggressive intentions.
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Surely we have made it plain to them, and they must know, that we have no aggressive intentions.
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We in this country have no aggressive intentions; we are a tolerant race, and are therefore well fitted for the task of world peace making.
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She has no aggressive intentions of that kind.
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It was not always by any means with aggressive intentions towards the owner that this information was needed.
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I do not think that either side has any aggressive intentions towards the other.
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Every day they wage an invisible war on the high seas: signalling aggressive intentions to the other side, searching for weaknesses, and demonstrating a readiness to fight.
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No country without aggressive intentions can be as quick off the mark as one that has kept only one set purpose continually in view, and that a purpose of aggression.
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There is a fine balance to be struck between helping those with aggressive intentions and, on the other hand, informing people with a legitimate interest in what is going on.
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No country without aggressive intentions can be as quick off the mark as one that has kept only one set purpose continually in view and that a purpose of aggression.
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