Synonyms for assailant
əˈseɪ ləntas·sailant

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1. attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulternoun

   someone who attacks

   Synonyms:
   aggressor, assaulter, attacker

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1. assailantnoun

   Synonyms:
   aggressor, assaulter, attacker, invader, assailer

2. assailantadjective

   Synonyms:
   attacking, invading, assaulting

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1. assailantnoun

   Synonyms:
   assailer, aggressor, assaulter, antagonist

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1. List of paraphrases for "assailant":

   attacker, aggressor, abuser, striker, perpetrator, mugger, molester, offender

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1. The Israeli military:

   The assailant was shot by forces on the site, resulting in his death.

2. Boris Johnson:

   If this virus were a physical assailant, an unexpected and invisible mugger, which I can tell you from personal experience it is, then this is the moment when we are beginning to wrestle it to the floor.

3. Eric Swalwell:

   We must draw the straight lines that connect violent political rhetoric and violent acts, the Pelosi assailant’s Facebook page looks identical to the Facebook pages of Trump, [Georgia Rep. Marjorie] Taylor Greene, and [Colorado Rep. Lauren] Boebert. All three of them have glorified violence and [David] Depape acted on it.

4. Kerr Putney:

   He's an athletically built young man, and he took the fight to the assailant. Unfortunately he had to give his life to do so, he took the assailant off his feet.

5. Lana Theis:

   The holes in our law are massive, these victims face the real possibility that their assailant would return to their same high school. I can’t imagine the pain and fear these victims and their families went through. The possibility of having to share space with the person who assaulted them is unconscionable.