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Examples of aggressor in a Sentence
Each country accused the other of being the aggressor.
a group of smaller states had formed an alliance to deter potential aggressors
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Edmonton has still been the aggressor overall, but Florida’s defense and Sergei Bobrovsky have been lights out.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
Or maybe Washington would simply quit its alliances, leaving Eurasia to the Eurasians—and counting on the United States’s geographic isolation, ability to control its maritime approaches, and nuclear arsenal to keep aggressors away.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2024
So all their proxy troublemakers, including Hamas and Hezbollah, have in one day gone from being the oppressed underdogs to feared aggressors in the world’s eyes.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2024
More than a week after the assault by outside aggressors, no one has been arrested.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
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“Aggressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggressor. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
aggressor
noun
ag·gres·sor
ə-ˈgres-ər
: a person or country that attacks without reasonable cause
Medical Definition
aggressor
noun
ag·gres·sor
ə-ˈgres-ər
: one who exhibits aggression
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