as in attackers
one who violently sets upon another
police released a composite drawing of a suspect believed to be the assaulter
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Noun
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Security firm LayerX discovered a potentially major vulnerability in the ChatGPT Atlas browser that allows attackers to inject malicious instructions into ChatGPT’s memory.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Reducing your digital footprint limits the amount of information that phishing attackers can use to make fake emails look convincing.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The episode does end, though, with an attack on Bunny’s motorcade from unknown assailants, possibly working for the Colombians … or for Frank.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
26 Oct. 2025
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The assailants remain at large.—
Cameron Schoppa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Assaulters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaulters. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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