Assailant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person who attacks another.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker.
  • n. A hostile critic or opponent.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Assailing; attacking.
  • n. One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Assaulting; attacking; invading with violence. Milton.
  • In heraldry, same as salient.
  • n. One who assails, attacks, or assaults.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who attacks
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    offender    wrongdoer   
    Hyponym
    rowdy    roughneck    wild-cat    marauder    iconoclast    ruffian    retaliator    beast    yobo    predator   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    assailing    attacking    assailer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    divalent    inhalant    monovalent    tetravalent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    attacker    adversary    foe    opponent    antagonist    attackers    invader    assassin    intruder    pursuer   
     
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