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Discover LudwigThe phrase "aggressive instinct" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a natural tendency or drive towards aggressive behavior in a person or animal.
Example: "The dog's aggressive instinct kicked in when it sensed a threat approaching its owner."
Alternatives: "hostile nature" or "combative drive".
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Melbourne and Sydney have shown that the fifth day can be a great leveller and without diluting a genuine aggressive instinct, England's imperative should have been to take games that far, even bringing the draw into the equation.
A French social historian who not long ago published a study entitled "Orgasm and the West", here he turns his attention from sex to violence, with the bold claim that between 1650 and 1960 the aggressive instinct was "truly tamed in Europe".
The comparison with Hakimullah Mehsud sits well - both were handsome young men with an aggressive instinct.
Oliver surmises that "the middle of the Second World War was perhaps the wrong time to satirise ... the ridiculous and dangerous rituals that surround the male aggressive instinct".
Pit bull type dogs were originally bred for fighting other dogs, so some of the poorly bred ones still have that dog aggressive instinct in them.
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bring out selfish and even aggressive instincts.
"Hopefully that will extend to him reining in all aggressive instincts.
McKenzie and Mark Boucher batted with superb judgment, never forfeiting their aggressive instincts.
So he dutifully seeks to rein in some of his aggressive instincts.
City even have, in Alvaro Negredo, a striker with the same aggressive instincts as Blackburn spearhead Alan Shearer.
The move on ITV suggests, however, that the firm's aggressive instincts have not changed much at all.
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