as in raider
one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause
vigilant defenders at the border were quick to repel the invaders
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Noun
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Netanyahu has overseen a nearly two-year war on Hamas in the wake of the extremist group’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, during which raiders killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals and took 250 hostages.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
30 May 2025 -
After killing him, Arab raiders had stolen about a dozen cattle, including a fat milking cow.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Edmonton tied the game 6:33 into the frame on a Mattias Ekholm shot from the left circle and became the aggressors the rest of the way.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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Helmets off to the Ukrainians for giving the Russian aggressors a humiliating black eye and the loss of $7 billion in military hardware using 117 relatively cheap drones.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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“Invader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invader. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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