Synonyms for aggressor
əˈgrɛs ərag·gres·sor

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1. attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulternoun

   someone who attacks

   Synonyms:
   assailant, assaulter, attacker

2. aggressornoun

   a confident assertive person who acts as instigator

   Synonyms:
   assailant, attacker, assaulter

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1. • Instigator
   • Wrongdoer

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1. aggressornoun

   Synonyms:
   assailant, assaulter, attacker, assailer, invader

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1. List of paraphrases for "aggressor":

   assailant, abuser, attacker, perpetrator, offender, mugger, invading, molester, aggression, stressor, aggressive

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1. President Biden:

   Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences.

2. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko:

   On May 8, for the first time, the people of Ukraine will join the European tradition to commemorate the victims of World War Two, the very next day in Moscow, under the pretext of the Great Victory, the aggressor's army will brandish its lethal might in front of the world. Some of the units were in Donetsk a few days ago and soon they will appear on the military parade in Moscow.

3. Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference:

   And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never its victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.

4. Jose Baez:

   While it is clear from the video that De'Andre Johnson was not the initial aggressor, his family wants to take the lead in helping him learn and grow from this experience.

5. James Levine:

   As understandably troubling as the accusations noted in recent press accounts are, they are unfounded, as anyone who truly knows me will attest, I have not lived my life as an oppressor or an aggressor.