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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These behaviors, and the insects’ nearly omnivorous appetites, make them among the most successful invaders of new habitats and fiercest aggressors of native fauna.
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Hannah Hoag, USA TODAY, 28 May 2024
No sustainable, long-term peace can emerge from negotiations with an aggressor that has genocidal intent.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
Shawnee after a report of an active aggressor on the campus was determined to be false, officials said.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 16 Apr. 2024
In that incident, the victim was the aggressor and pulled the gun, but his intended victim managed to get it away from him and shoot him in the head with it, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2024
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Hannah Hoag, USA TODAY, 28 May 2024
No sustainable, long-term peace can emerge from negotiations with an aggressor that has genocidal intent.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
Shawnee after a report of an active aggressor on the campus was determined to be false, officials said.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 16 Apr. 2024
In that incident, the victim was the aggressor and pulled the gun, but his intended victim managed to get it away from him and shoot him in the head with it, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Aggressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggressor. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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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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