assaulters

noun

plural of assaulter
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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Recent Examples of assaulters Aside from one man who poured beer on someone, Brandi said no other assaulters were removed. — Matt Calkins , Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaulters
  1. attackers
  2. assailants
Noun
  • In that case, the attackers stole an amount equal to a significant portion of North Korea’s reported annual gross domestic product in a matter of minutes.
    — Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Most of those attempts failed, but Microsoft said the attackers did gain privileged access at some organizations, in multiple cases less than three hours after first targeting them.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of attackers
Noun
  • His family told the Herald that the woman did not recognize him and had described her assailants as several Colombians.
    — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The assailants then took out machine guns from their overcoats and opened fire.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of assailants

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