Word

assailant, n.
(assailants)

someone who attacks
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

aggressor assailant assaulter attacker

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attack attack attack attack attack attack

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assail assail assail

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assault assault

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hypernym

offender, wrongdoer

hyponym

ambusher avenger, retaliator brute, beast, wildcat, wolf, savage bludgeoner bully, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, tough, hooligan, yob, yobo, yobbo harasser, harrier iconoclast marauder, predator, vulture, piranha night rider, nightrider rapist, raper shedder, spiller slasher stabber stoner, lapidator