as in invaders
one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause
a group of smaller states had formed an alliance to deter potential aggressors
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Recent Examples of aggressors
Brown-Trickey was eventually suspended for standing up to her tormentors, while her white aggressors went unpunished.
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Time, 4 Sep. 2025
The oil also creates a protective barrier against environmental aggressors and styling damage, resulting in healthier hair over time.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 1 Sep. 2025
Together, these ingredients serve to protect from environmental aggressors and actively soothe skin, leaving it comfortable and calm.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2025
Scripture may bless the peacemakers, but both scripture and international law condemn aggressors.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
It’s also formulated with a concoction of beneficial skincare ingredients such as ceramides, squalane, hyaluronic acid, and goji berries to boost hydration, even skin tone, and defend against environmental aggressors that wreak havoc on the complexion.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Aug. 2025
Astaxanthin protects skin against dulling environmental aggressors but it’s also packed with various antioxidant vitamins (C and E), highly moisturizing squalane, redness-reducing centella asiatica, exfoliating lactic acid and CoQ10, another antioxidant with powerful protective properties.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 17 Oct. 2024
Time, 4 Sep. 2025
The oil also creates a protective barrier against environmental aggressors and styling damage, resulting in healthier hair over time.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 1 Sep. 2025
Together, these ingredients serve to protect from environmental aggressors and actively soothe skin, leaving it comfortable and calm.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2025
Scripture may bless the peacemakers, but both scripture and international law condemn aggressors.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
It’s also formulated with a concoction of beneficial skincare ingredients such as ceramides, squalane, hyaluronic acid, and goji berries to boost hydration, even skin tone, and defend against environmental aggressors that wreak havoc on the complexion.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Aug. 2025
Astaxanthin protects skin against dulling environmental aggressors but it’s also packed with various antioxidant vitamins (C and E), highly moisturizing squalane, redness-reducing centella asiatica, exfoliating lactic acid and CoQ10, another antioxidant with powerful protective properties.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggressors
Noun
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The strongest warriors slept in the rooms closest to the doors to protect the community from invaders.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Yet we are also invited to see the Trojans, not the native Italians, as the eastern, luxury-loving imperialist invaders who oppress a noble rustic people.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Outside what is today a parking garage, a group of Union soldiers — unarmed and asleep in tents — were trampled by horses and murdered by Quantrill’s raiders.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The raiders kill many vault residents and kidnap her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), so the sheltered Lucy sets out on a quest to find him.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Aggressors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggressors. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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