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Another word for attacker

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Noun

  1. One who starts a hostile action

    See also:

    attack

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Another word for attacker

Noun
  1. See also:

    critic

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • The attacker fell into the pit with an abruptly short scream.

  • His would-be attacker was a woman.

  • Short of fighting him off as she would an attacker, there was nothing she could do but submit.

  • Rhyn glanced at him, taking in the arm in a sling.  Kris was healing from an attacker Rhyn had saved him from, the day Katie killed herself.

  • Distracted, her attacker cut through one legging then the other.

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