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
Caoimhe O’Neill Eden Hazard There have been better Premier League attackers by numbers alone, but there have been very few — if any — who captured the imagination to the degree Eden Hazard did.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Once victims enter their credentials, attackers gain access to their email accounts.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Officials added that attackers have already used these vulnerabilities in real-world operations.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Jim Parker, football Besides carving out daylight for Colts running backs for 11 years (1957 through 1967), Parker was a fierce pass-blocker, fending off attackers on Johnny Unitas’ blind side.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026
Then, the Ducks were burned off a set breakout, when some defensive-zone hijinks between John Carlson and Pavel Mintyukov left Mintyukov alone with two attackers.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
In the 2016 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, one of the two attackers posted a message on Facebook declaring allegiance to the former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) trained and armed the attackers, yet the regime faced no serious consequences.
—Chuck Devore, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
Apple has released multiple fixes for the underlying bugs attackers used to make Darksword.
—Aj Vicens, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Once victims enter their credentials, attackers gain access to their email accounts.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Officials added that attackers have already used these vulnerabilities in real-world operations.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Jim Parker, football Besides carving out daylight for Colts running backs for 11 years (1957 through 1967), Parker was a fierce pass-blocker, fending off attackers on Johnny Unitas’ blind side.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026
Then, the Ducks were burned off a set breakout, when some defensive-zone hijinks between John Carlson and Pavel Mintyukov left Mintyukov alone with two attackers.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
In the 2016 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, one of the two attackers posted a message on Facebook declaring allegiance to the former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) trained and armed the attackers, yet the regime faced no serious consequences.
—Chuck Devore, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
Apple has released multiple fixes for the underlying bugs attackers used to make Darksword.
—Aj Vicens, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attackers
assailants
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The assailants, some armed, also vandalized security cameras and a vacant guard shack and slashed the tires of vehicles in the parking lot, authorities said.—
Sue Ambrose,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
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He was forced into a car by a group of assailants, leaving behind the friend who reported the incident to the police.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Attackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attackers. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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