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ATTACKER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: attacker   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who attacks

Synonyms:

aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("attacker" is a kind of...):

offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "attacker"):

ambusher (an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack)

avenger; retaliator (someone who takes vengeance)

beast; brute; savage; wildcat; wolf (a cruelly rapacious person)

bludgeoner (an assailant who uses a bludgeon)

bully; hooligan; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; tough; yob; yobbo; yobo (a cruel and brutal fellow)

harasser; harrier (a persistent attacker)

iconoclast (someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions)

marauder; piranha; predator; vulture (someone who attacks in search of booty)

night rider; nightrider (member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge)

raper; rapist (someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse)

shedder; spiller (an attacker who sheds or spills blood)

slasher (someone who slashes another person)

stabber (someone who stabs another person)

lapidator; stoner (an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill))

Derivation:

attack (begin to injure)

attack (set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task)

attack (attack in speech or writing)

attack (take the initiative and go on the offensive)

attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)

attack (attack someone physically or emotionally)

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