Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who attacks or assaults; an assailant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who attacks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
attacks - noun soccer Players on a team in
football (soccer ) in the row nearest to the opposing team'sgoal , who are therefore principally responsible forscoring goals.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who attacks
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Examples
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Whether the attacker is a lynx or bobcat is also up for debate.
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In fact, in many cases, especially where the attacker is a woman and the student a male, such assaults are treated as a joke, with a hand-slap for the teacher, and some ribald locker room humor directed at the student.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Remarkable Window into Amnesty International’s Worldview 2010
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With Ian Tomlinson, the attacker is a police officer.
Ooooh….. I didn’t know that! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Whether the attacker is a lynx or bobcat is also up for debate.
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Whether or not the attacker is a police officer should be irrelevant in the substantive law.
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But your attacker is a victim too, and she becomes your new associate.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » My new Authonomy addiction 2009
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The chief said that the alleged attacker is a male American.
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The subjective intent of the attacker is irrelevant.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed 2010
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MAD does not work in asymmetric warfare, nor when the attacker does not value their own life, nor when the attacker is willing to sacrifice their own children for furthering theircause.
The Volokh Conspiracy » If you like the BP spill, you’ll love cyberwar 2010
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Chile's main attacker come from Real Zaragoza's Humberto Suazo, who was the top scorer in South American qualifying.
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