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
Fewer accounts mean fewer chances for attackers to get in.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Damascus had asked Beirut to hand them over to continue their prison terms in Syria, but Lebanese judicial officials said Beirut would not release any attackers and that each must be studied and resolved separately.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
The military and Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the attackers had the backing of India.
—Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Twenty attackers were killed and four military personnel injured, according to Niger’s defense ministry, before normal services resumed at the airport in the morning.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
In a worst-case scenario, such vulnerabilities could have allowed attackers to intercept sensitive data or even seize control of spacecraft, including those involved in flagship Mars missions.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
As with intellectual property theft, attackers can steal or copy proprietary AI systems when AI security safeguards are not in place.
—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
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
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Damascus had asked Beirut to hand them over to continue their prison terms in Syria, but Lebanese judicial officials said Beirut would not release any attackers and that each must be studied and resolved separately.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
The military and Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the attackers had the backing of India.
—Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Twenty attackers were killed and four military personnel injured, according to Niger’s defense ministry, before normal services resumed at the airport in the morning.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
In a worst-case scenario, such vulnerabilities could have allowed attackers to intercept sensitive data or even seize control of spacecraft, including those involved in flagship Mars missions.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
As with intellectual property theft, attackers can steal or copy proprietary AI systems when AI security safeguards are not in place.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attackers
assailants
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Officers Rodolfo Mirabal, Richard Santiesteban, and Leslie Lee are facing charges in connection with the December 5, 2019 incident, which began after two assailants hijacked a UPS truck during a Coral Gables jewelry heist.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Bugti repeatedly accused India and Afghanistan of backing the assailants and said senior leaders of the BLA, which claimed responsibility for the latest attacks in Balochistan, were operating from Afghan territory.—
Abdul Sattar,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Attackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attackers. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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