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Definition of Attacker
1. Noun. Someone who attacks.
Generic synonyms: Offender, Wrongdoer
Specialized synonyms: Ambusher, Avenger, Retaliator, Beast, Brute, Savage, Wildcat, Wolf, Bludgeoner, Bully, Hooligan, Roughneck, Rowdy, Ruffian, Tough, Yob, Yobbo, Yobo, Harasser, Harrier, Iconoclast, Marauder, Piranha, Predator, Vulture, Night Rider, Nightrider, Raper, Rapist, Shedder, Spiller, Slasher, Stabber, Lapidator, Stoner
Derivative terms: Aggress, Assail, Assail, Assail, Assault, Assault, Attack, Attack, Attack, Attack, Attack, Attack
Definition of Attacker
1. n. One who attacks.
Definition of Attacker
1. Noun. Someone who attacks ¹
2. Noun. (soccer) Players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Attacker
1. one that attacks [n -S] - See also: attacks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attacker
Literary usage of Attacker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fencing by Walter Herries Pollock, F. C. Grove, Camille Prevost, E. B. Michell, Walter Armstrong (1897)
"1 'he attacker on this parry throws his point upwards and backwards past his own
left ear with a quick movement of the thumb and forefinger. ..."
2. Tactics: The Practical Art of Leading Troops in War ; Numerous Illustrations by Paul Stanley Bond, Edwin Hunter Crouch (1922)
"It is apt to result in a dispersion of the attacker's forces, ... As the attacker
enters the terrain occupied by the defender and effects local penetrations ..."
3. Humanitarian Law Violations in Kosovo by Fred Abrahams (1998)
"Proof does not rest solely on the attacker's own statements, however. Intent may
be inferred from the totality of the circumstances of the military campaign ..."
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