Synonyms for attacker


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-tak
Phonetic Transcription : əˈtæk


Définition of attacker

Origin :
  • c.1600, from French attaquer (16c.), from Florentine Italian attaccare (battaglia) "join (battle)," thus the word is a doublet of attach, which was used 15c.-17c. also in the sense now reserved to attack. Related: Attacked; attacking.
  • noun aggressor
Example sentences :
  • He reached for his own hand weapon, still searching for his attacker.
  • Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole
  • When the attacker has been repulsed, they don't chase him a foot.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • The attacker laughed exultantly, mockingly, as he swung his horse about.
  • Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
  • The attacker or attackers, if from the Indian encampment, probably returned there.
  • Extract from : « A Mating in the Wilds » by Ottwell Binns
  • The attacker's conning-tower was smashed, and she sank at once with all hands.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Our Submarines » by John Graham Bower
  • As is usual in such debates, the attacked and the attacker often changed their ground.
  • Extract from : « The Growth of a Soul » by August Strindberg
  • Greeting to you, Osbert, nithing and attacker of little children.
  • Extract from : « Wulnoth the Wanderer » by Herbert Escott-Inman
  • The moral impulse which estimates the attacker is everything.
  • Extract from : « Battle Studies » by Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq
  • Then like a flash the horns are swept sideways and the attacker pierced.
  • Extract from : « Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O. » by J.G. Millais
  • With it, he thought, he could blind the attacker and at the same time get a shot at him.
  • Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine

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