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. 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.

2. Major Scott Champagne:

   It was huge, any homicide investigator will tell you that one of the first things is knowing your victim, understanding the victim. In a majority of homicide investigations, the victim had known their assailant. It’s not unusual. So for us to be able to finally identify the victim months later allowed us to get the ball rolling on the investigation. We went full steam ahead at that point.

3. Imran Kishwar:

   As he got out of a car, a young man shot him. The assailant has been apprehended.

4. Brad Wenstrup:

   Our intelligence and law enforcement apparatuses require accuracy, precision, and justice. I’m encouraged that the FBI has updated its classification of that nearly catastrophic event to reflect the actual motives of the assailant, and I commend Director Wray for his oversight of that correction, i will continue to work with the Bureau toward investigating what led to the original 'suicide by cop' determination.

5. Mona Davids:

   Restorative justice enables the assailant and does not protect the victim, so expecting students to sit down with someone and listen to why that other student feels the need to attack them and assault them is unacceptable.