as in assailants
one who violently sets upon another
was able to pick her attacker out of the police lineup
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Recent Examples of attackers
As with intellectual property theft, attackers can steal or copy proprietary AI systems when AI security safeguards are not in place.
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Connie Etemadi, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
But security analysts quickly warned that WebKit vulnerabilities are especially dangerous, and will leak out to less sophisticated attackers.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
These services help remove your personal details from data broker sites that attackers often use to build profiles.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Police accused members of a motorcycle club and a street gang of targeting a judge for assassination earlier this month in Lafayette, Indiana, alleging the shooting that left the judge and his wife wounded was part of a scheme to derail a domestic abuse case against one of the attackers.
—CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Morales grabbed a patio chair to fend off his attackers before running away with his assailants in tow, prosecutors said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Jan. 2026
At one point, while being choked from behind, the 102-pound, 5-foot-tall 18-year-old managed to fully flip one of her attackers over, with the suspect landing on the concrete ground.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Here was fought a strenuous trench and hand-to-hand battle between German defenders and Russian attackers.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
Hacking has long been a game of cat and mouse — attackers innovate, defenders adapt.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Connie Etemadi, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
But security analysts quickly warned that WebKit vulnerabilities are especially dangerous, and will leak out to less sophisticated attackers.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
These services help remove your personal details from data broker sites that attackers often use to build profiles.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Police accused members of a motorcycle club and a street gang of targeting a judge for assassination earlier this month in Lafayette, Indiana, alleging the shooting that left the judge and his wife wounded was part of a scheme to derail a domestic abuse case against one of the attackers.
—CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Morales grabbed a patio chair to fend off his attackers before running away with his assailants in tow, prosecutors said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Jan. 2026
At one point, while being choked from behind, the 102-pound, 5-foot-tall 18-year-old managed to fully flip one of her attackers over, with the suspect landing on the concrete ground.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Here was fought a strenuous trench and hand-to-hand battle between German defenders and Russian attackers.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
Hacking has long been a game of cat and mouse — attackers innovate, defenders adapt.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attackers
assailants
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Morales grabbed a patio chair to fend off his attackers before running away with his assailants in tow, prosecutors said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
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And in Pico Union, pedestrians were robbed at gunpoint by assailants emboldened by the cover of night.—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Attackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attackers. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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