Synonyms for attacker

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-tak

Phonetic Transcription : əˈtæk

Définition of attacker

Origin : c.1600, from French attaquer (16c.), from Florentine Italian attaccare (battaglia) "join (battle)," thus the word is a doublet of attach, which was used 15c.-17c. also in the sense now reserved to attack. Related: Attacked; attacking.

noun aggressor

Example sentences :

He reached for his own hand weapon, still searching for his attacker.
Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole

When the attacker has been repulsed, they don't chase him a foot.
Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith

The attacker laughed exultantly, mockingly, as he swung his horse about.
Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine

The attacker or attackers, if from the Indian encampment, probably returned there.
Extract from : « A Mating in the Wilds » by Ottwell Binns

The attacker's conning-tower was smashed, and she sank at once with all hands.
Extract from : « The Story of Our Submarines » by John Graham Bower

As is usual in such debates, the attacked and the attacker often changed their ground.
Extract from : « The Growth of a Soul » by August Strindberg

Greeting to you, Osbert, nithing and attacker of little children.
Extract from : « Wulnoth the Wanderer » by Herbert Escott-Inman

The moral impulse which estimates the attacker is everything.
Extract from : « Battle Studies » by Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq

Then like a flash the horns are swept sideways and the attacker pierced.
Extract from : « Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O. » by J.G. Millais

With it, he thought, he could blind the attacker and at the same time get a shot at him.
Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine

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