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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterattacker
Noun
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Quadrupling the population over the last three decades has required their relocation to three remote, predator-free offshore islands and the micromanaging of the parrots’ every romantic entanglement.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026 -
Buying into this ancient predator-prey superstition are the nonprofits Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife and Utah Wild Sheep Foundation.—
Ted Williams,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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It’s mentioned later that the perpetrator was a rapist.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
12 Feb. 2026
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Curry, the acclaimed actor known for his roles in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and It, played serial killer and rapist Billy Flynn in the fifth and sixth seasons of the show.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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Women’s water polo San Diego State senior attacker Claudia Valdez was named the Golden Coast player of the week for getting her sixth hat trick of the season.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Langford initially survived the stabbing and identified her attacker before dying of cardiac arrest on the way to emergency surgery.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Perez and three others — one armed with a gun — went looking for Smokey’s assailants.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The assailants, some armed, also vandalized security cameras and a guard shack and slashed the tires of vehicles in the parking lot, authorities said.—
Kevin Krause,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Counterattacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterattacker. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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