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Recent Examples of assailant
That assailant, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by a Secret Service sniper, after firing several shots and hitting three members of the audience, and killing one.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Koehler also didn’t match the description of the assailant, Shear said.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
The episode does end, though, with an attack on Bunny’s motorcade from unknown assailants, possibly working for the Colombians … or for Frank.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2025
The second assailant, in a black hoodie consistent with what the shooter was seen wearing on a surveillance video recording, entered the same neighborhood.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Koehler also didn’t match the description of the assailant, Shear said.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
The episode does end, though, with an attack on Bunny’s motorcade from unknown assailants, possibly working for the Colombians … or for Frank.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2025
The second assailant, in a black hoodie consistent with what the shooter was seen wearing on a surveillance video recording, entered the same neighborhood.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assailant
Noun
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In November, an attacker shot two National Guard members from West Virginia near the White House.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Jan. 2026
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This one wasn’t without drama, as a resilient Czechia scored twice with the extra attacker in the last two minutes to pull within one, but an Ivar Stenberg empty-netter with eight seconds left sealed it.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His alleged assaulter was arrested and jailed Wednesday.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Assailant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailant. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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