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 Notably, one Coco robot ended up sleeping with the fishes last summer after it was apparently abducted by unknown assailants and dumped in a canal, according to a company report to the city. —

Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026 The assailants, prosecutors allege, arrived in a sport utility vehicle in which two other people sat. —

Emerson Clarridge updated February 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2026 Françoise is a receptionist at the local police station, where her beloved cousin Gilles patrols, and is unexpectedly asked to sketch the composite of an assailant. —

Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026 Cops quickly identified Parham as the assailant and put out his mugshot in the hopes someone would alert detectives about his whereabouts. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assailant

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Women’s water polo San Diego State senior attacker Claudia Valdez was named the Golden Coast player of the week for getting her sixth hat trick of the season.

— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Langford initially survived the stabbing and identified her attacker before dying of cardiac arrest on the way to emergency surgery.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026