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Recent Examples of attacker
Utah Mammoth The Mammoth were the only team to go the entire 2025-26 campaign without scoring a goal with their goalie pulled for an extra attacker, the first team since 2013-14 to do that in an 82-game season.
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Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Many threats are designed to stay hidden, running quietly in the background while collecting data or opening a backdoor for attackers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Discord says that although the attacker did not gain direct access to its own systems, data such as real names, email addresses, and limited billing details (including payment type, the last four digits of credit cards, and purchase history linked to user accounts) may have been exposed.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
If someone is forced to fight an attacker, the officer said the most effective targets are the eyes, throat and groin.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
The behavior may be fueled by those before them who have achieved what a would-be attacker deems a desirable amount of notoriety.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Police responded and fatally shot the attacker, later identified as Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Many threats are designed to stay hidden, running quietly in the background while collecting data or opening a backdoor for attackers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Discord says that although the attacker did not gain direct access to its own systems, data such as real names, email addresses, and limited billing details (including payment type, the last four digits of credit cards, and purchase history linked to user accounts) may have been exposed.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
If someone is forced to fight an attacker, the officer said the most effective targets are the eyes, throat and groin.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
The behavior may be fueled by those before them who have achieved what a would-be attacker deems a desirable amount of notoriety.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Police responded and fatally shot the attacker, later identified as Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attacker
assailant
Noun
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Her case has not been solved, though a tape unearthed in 2004 provided some possible assailants, and nothing involving Gein, who was cleared of any connection later in 1957.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Two people were killed and three were seriously injured when an assailant rammed a car into people at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue and then attacked people with a knife.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Attacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attacker. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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