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Recent Examples of attacker
His attacker was arguing with a woman when the victim attempted to intervene.
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Senior forward Kaitlyn Nudera leads standout group of attackers.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Containing Messi and Miami’s other top attackers is obviously a top priority, Callaghan said.
—Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in the March 5 strike in Lebanon along with three other relatives of the attacker in Michigan -- a week before authorities claim Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove his car into a major synagogue outside Detroit and killed himself after security fired at him.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
The attackers had fashioned a rudimen- tary timing device from a fishing bobber in a leaky bucket of water.
—John Archibald, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
Once inside, attackers can quietly access cloud systems that store customer data.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in Lebanon along with three other relatives of the attacker a week before his brother Ayman Mohammad Ghazali drove his car into a synagogue outside Detroit and was killed in a confrontation with private security officers.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
This technology enables radars to observe moving targets from multiple angles, capturing more dynamic information to determine their attributes – and even distinguish potential decoy drones from the actual attackers.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Senior forward Kaitlyn Nudera leads standout group of attackers.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Containing Messi and Miami’s other top attackers is obviously a top priority, Callaghan said.
—Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in the March 5 strike in Lebanon along with three other relatives of the attacker in Michigan -- a week before authorities claim Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove his car into a major synagogue outside Detroit and killed himself after security fired at him.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
The attackers had fashioned a rudimen- tary timing device from a fishing bobber in a leaky bucket of water.
—John Archibald, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
Once inside, attackers can quietly access cloud systems that store customer data.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in Lebanon along with three other relatives of the attacker a week before his brother Ayman Mohammad Ghazali drove his car into a synagogue outside Detroit and was killed in a confrontation with private security officers.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
This technology enables radars to observe moving targets from multiple angles, capturing more dynamic information to determine their attributes – and even distinguish potential decoy drones from the actual attackers.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attacker
assailant
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One of Ghazali's neighbors told The Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network, that the assailant's brother was killed in an airstrike.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Sleeper’s comment came during an SCN webinar on March 13, held in response to the previous day’s attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, where an assailant rammed into the synagogue armed with rifles and smoke bombs.—
Joseph Strauss,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Attacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attacker. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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