ambuscader

noun

as in attacker

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  1. attacker
  2. assailant
  3. war hawk
  4. initiator
Noun
  • Spurs are left with eight potential options in central midfield, excluding Xavi, Dejan Kulusevski, Luca Williams-Barnett and Jamie Donley, who all prefer to play as a more advanced attacker.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • By manipulating network traffic, the attackers redirect guests to fake sign-in pages without first sending a phishing email or compromising the PC.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of attacker
Noun
  • In a blind rage after watching his brother die, Duke catches up to one of their assailants and beats him to death — with a crowd watching.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 July 2026
  • The drones are designed to use a combination of sirens, strobe lights and pepper gel to overwhelm the assailant.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Definition of assailant
Noun
  • The latter, however, would upset the uber-nationalists and war hawks who believe that nothing short of Ukraine’s full capitulation is acceptable for the mighty Russian state.
    — Daniel DePetris, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
  • Great Again isolationists and GOP war hawks.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of war hawk
Noun
  • On the flip side, having multiple initiators on offense can also be big, and Reaves next to Dončić makes sense in that respect.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The researchers used liquid metal particles (LMPs) as initiators for polymerization, the chemical process used to form the hydrogel network.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Definition of initiator
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“Ambuscader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambuscader. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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