assailer

  • 11aggressor — I noun antagonist, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker, belligerent, besieger, combatant, contender, criminal, fighter, foe, initiative seizer, invader, militant, prime mover, provocator, ravager, ruffian, stormer, violator II index… …

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  • 12assailant — as·sail·ant /ə sā lənt/ n: a person who commits criminal assault Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. assailant …

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  • 13assailant — Synonyms and related words: adversary, aggressor, antagonist, assailer, assaulter, attacker, combatant, enemy, foe, foeman, invader, mugger, opponent, opposing party, opposite camp, raider, the loyal opposition, the opposition …

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  • 14mugger — Synonyms and related words: Mafioso, Young Turk, aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker, bank robber, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bomber, bookworm, bruiser, brute, bushranger, demon, devil, dragon, failing student, fiend, fire …

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  • 15raider — Synonyms and related words: aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker, depredator, despoiler, forager, forayer, freebooter, invader, looter, marauder, mugger, pillager, plunderer, rapparee, ravager, ravisher, reiver, rifler, sacker,… …

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  • 16aggressor — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. assailant, invader, offender; see attacker . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. attacker, initiator, invader, raider, trespasser, assailant, provoker, offender, instigator. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who starts a… …

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  • 17assailant — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. attacker, assaulter, antagonist, mugger; see attacker . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. attacker, assaulter, accoster, molester, mugger, aggressor, adversary, enemy, foe. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who starts a… …

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  • 18attacker — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. 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 . Ant …

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  • 19assaulter — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who starts a hostile action: aggressor, assailant, assailer, attacker. See ATTACK …

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  • 20assailant — (n.) 1530s, from Fr. assailant, noun use of prp. of assailir (see ASSAIL (Cf. assail)). Earlier in same sense was assailer (c.1400) …

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