aggressor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aggressor
1670–80; < Late Latin, Latin aggred- (stem of aggredī to attack; see aggress) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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"No pressure can justify collaborating with an aggressor," Silva wrote in an open letter addressed to Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela's powerful interior minister and a close ally of Maduro.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
But attorneys for the county argued in court filings that it was Seitz who was actually the aggressor.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
“We have to make sure that we in Germany are not vulnerable, that we can’t be attacked and that a possible aggressor knows an attack isn’t worth it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Will then lurches into a tut-tutting recapitulation of the French army chief of staff’s public statement that his nation’s people must accept the risk of losing their children to protect France from an unnamed aggressor.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
Once again, the players seemed to switch personalities as they played, with Petrosian as the aggressor.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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