assaulter

as in assailant
one who violently sets upon another police released a composite drawing of a suspect believed to be the assaulter

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Recent Examples of assaulter Any assaulter of mine spending less time on the field is A-OK, though. Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 3 June 2026 His alleged assaulter was arrested and jailed Wednesday. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaulter
Noun
  • Buehler believes there was just one assailant.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 June 2026
  • Moments before, the assailant had pushed a 30-year-old man standing next to Williams onto the tracks as well without saying a word, cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • Its security analysis assumes a worst-case scenario in which an attacker may possess quantum correlations with the detector itself.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
  • The authorities must reveal the identity and status of the attacker immediately.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026

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“Assaulter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaulter. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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