Converse of object

• deter: The whole purpose of Pakistan's decision to acquire nuclear capability has been to deter aggression by a more powerful state.

• resist: These eight lines reflect the ambiance of a mighty war machine geared up to resist the aggression of a hostile power, i.e. Germany.

• justify: Tony Blair is arrogantly trying to justify this aggression by appealing to the defense of " civilized values " .

• halt: Private armed guards were drafted in to provide security, after the Latvian police repeatedly failed to halt the aggression of the homophobic mob.

• commit: No nation can be allowed to commit aggression or to use weapons of mass destruction against its own people.

Preposition: against

• state: Their raids became either a disturbance of the national peace, or worse still, aggression against another state.

Preposition: between

• dog: Aggression between dogs living in the same household is usually about social status.

Preposition: towards

• cat: In addition they are referred for a higher incidence of aggression toward other cats.

• dog: Aggression toward other dogs was referred in 24 % of cases.

Adjective modifier

• imperialist: The ' siege mentality ' provoked by imperialist aggression was a powerful factor giving rise to wrong policies.

• unprovoked: Hitler invaded Poland in an act of unprovoked aggression.

• pent-up: The pent-up aggression of these cycles is defused by the setting in motion of the scapegoat mechanism.

• Serbian: The earlier dominant position of the Serbs led to a view of the war as Serbian aggression and a tendency to overlook Serbian losses.

• Serb: This was Britain's failure, under a Tory government, to prevent Serb aggression against Bosnia in the early 1990s.

Noun used with modifier

• anglo-us: Irish Government Regrets Bombing of Iraq The government of Ireland has joined the international opposition to the Anglo-US aggression against Iraq.

• fear: Figures 2 and 3 suggest that the referral rate of fear aggression toward other dogs has steadily increased over the years.

Preposition: of

• kind: The limping peace process has been accompanied by well-reported aggression of one kind or another on both sides.