English noun: aggressor |
1. | aggressor (person) someone who attacks |
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| Synonyms | assailant, assaulter, attacker |
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| Broader (hypernym) | offender, wrongdoer |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ambusher, avenger, beast, bludgeoner, brute, bully, harasser, harrier, hooligan, iconoclast, lapidator, marauder, night rider, nightrider, piranha, predator, raper, rapist, retaliator, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, savage, shedder, slasher, spiller, stabber, stoner, tough, vulture, wildcat, wolf, yob, yobbo, yobo |
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2. | aggressor (person) a confident assertive person who acts as instigator |
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| Broader (hypernym) | initiator, instigator |
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