Thesaurus results for ASSAILANT

assailant

noun

ə-ˈsā-lənt

Definition of assailant next

as in attacker

one who violently sets upon another the darkness prevented me from getting a good look at my assailant

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Recent Examples of assailant Security forces killed three attackers and arrested another assailant, whom the military identified as an Afghan national in wounded condition. —

CBS News, 28 June 2026 Cops were still looking for the assailant in that case. —

Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026 Rapes were commonplace in both, as were the discoveries of women who had been abducted from elsewhere in the Bay Area and the state by assailants seeking a place to stash them. —

Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 Then the assailant turns to face the camera; but inside a hoodie, the face is no face, just a terrifying horror movie mask. —

Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for assailant

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Arias had just received a yellow card after sticking out his leg to slow a Ghana attacker.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
Real Madrid attacker Brahim Díaz went into the right side of the box, dragging two defenders with him before laying the ball back to Ounahi to clinically score his brace.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026