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aggressive

/əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/

adjective

Meaning

  • Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing.

    "an aggressive policy, war, person, nation"

  • Of heuristics, source code optimization techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied.

  • (of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.