Thesaurus results for ATTACKER

attacker

noun

Definition of attacker

as in assailant

one who violently sets upon another was able to pick her attacker out of the police lineup

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Recent Examples of attacker The rumor mill has linked Sporting KC to several attackers in the MLS and abroad. — Pj Green august 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Instead of backing her, the courts convict her for killing her attacker in self-defense. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 That creates a serious challenge for security teams trying to track an attacker. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The attackers also shot horses and other livestock inside the rural enclave. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 Even sophisticated companies that spend heavily on cybersecurity remain vulnerable, Kurtz said, because AI is dramatically accelerating the speed at which attackers can identify and exploit weaknesses. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Because the package names are unregistered, an attacker could register one and use it to host ransomware or any other type of harmful package. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 The movie’s nail-biting centerpiece is filmed partly with night-vision lenses, as Bangley cuts down dozens of attackers. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Multiple domestic signings have also been made, with Kyran Thompson, a 16-year-old attacker, arriving from Arsenal, while right-back Kyle Healy-Matthews, also 16, joined from West Ham. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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assailant

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The assailants attacked a mosque in Kpenya village after attacks in a string of villages in the remote Borgu Local Government Area of Niger state Friday, police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
The shooter who gunned down a man in Fort Worth’s West 7th entertainment district in 2024 amid an argument about a person whom the assailant was dating has pleaded guilty to murder.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026

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