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
Christopher was badly beaten by the two men, later identified as Berry and Thomas, but was able to fend off the attackers, who subsequently fled the scene.
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Reports suggest the attackers attempted to use this access to demand a ransom from Discord.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Captain Martin Odegaard is out of Arteta’s plans for the time being with a knee injury, as are attackers Noni Madueke and Kai Havertz.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The attackers fatally stabbed one of the men and seriously injured the other before fleeing.
—Phillipe Vieira, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
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, 15 Oct. 2025
Researchers had previously assumed attackers would need to corrupt a specific percentage of the data, which, for larger models would be millions of documents.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
By observing how these everyday devices communicate, attackers can infer information about people in the environment without installing or accessing any additional equipment, making the method far easier to deploy and potentially more widespread.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
That separation is designed to reduce the likelihood that attackers can use vulnerabilities in ancillary hardware to infiltrate the servers.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Reports suggest the attackers attempted to use this access to demand a ransom from Discord.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Captain Martin Odegaard is out of Arteta’s plans for the time being with a knee injury, as are attackers Noni Madueke and Kai Havertz.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The attackers fatally stabbed one of the men and seriously injured the other before fleeing.
—Phillipe Vieira, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
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, 15 Oct. 2025
Researchers had previously assumed attackers would need to corrupt a specific percentage of the data, which, for larger models would be millions of documents.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
By observing how these everyday devices communicate, attackers can infer information about people in the environment without installing or accessing any additional equipment, making the method far easier to deploy and potentially more widespread.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
That separation is designed to reduce the likelihood that attackers can use vulnerabilities in ancillary hardware to infiltrate the servers.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attackers
assailants
Noun
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The assailants appeared to be wearing ski masks.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
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Three assailants were reportedly seen fleeing after the shooting.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Attackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attackers. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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