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. Melina Abdullah:

   The world is speaking right now, city Council members're saying we don't want a system of policing that puts targets on the backs of Black people especially, but also is a regular assailant and traumatizer of our entire community.

2. Imran Kishwar:

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

3. Imran Kishwar:

   As Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal got out of a car, a young man shot Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal. The assailant has been apprehended.

4. 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.

5. Montgomery County Coroner Kent Harshbarger:

   A pipe device was found in his pocket with an attached clear plastic baggie that has been determined to contain cocaine, and the assailant's cavity blood sample was found to contain cocaine, alprazolam and ethanol.