noun
aggressor, assailant, antagonist, invader, foe, enemy, criminal, mugger, molester, rapist, assaulter, plunderer, intruder, trespasser, violator, ravager, spoiler, felon, vilifier, maligner, accuser; see also critic 1.
Antonyms victim*, prey, martyr.
See attacker in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
One who starts a hostile action:
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