make sb aggressive
Frequency: 7.010.1 per million words
To cause someone to become aggressive.
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- Watching violence on TV makes some children more aggressive.
- Chronic sleep deprivation can make a person unusually aggressive.
- The side effects of the medication made him verbally aggressive.
- That hostile work environment would make anyone aggressive.
- Constant criticism from his coach made the young player aggressive on the field.
- Too much alcohol often makes him belligerent and aggressive.
- The extreme pressure of the competition started to make her aggressive towards her rivals.
- Feeling cornered will make most animals aggressive as a defense mechanism.
- Do you think these violent video games really make teenagers aggressive?
- Being unfairly treated made them aggressive in their demands for justice.