attackerat‧tack‧er /əˈtækə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable] - Her attacker is described as white, in his mid-fifties and with medium-length dark hair.
- The attacker fled empy-handed.
- Eventually Ponyboy's best friend, Johnny kills his attacker in order to save his and Ponyboy's life.
- Her attacker then dragged her into bushes.
- Margaret McLaughlin almost certainly scratched her attacker.
- Mr Harrison was slashed across the chest three times and stabbed, yet he clung on, trying to overpower the attacker.
- Some of the attackers were also killed and injured, but their number was not immediately known.
- The defender now turns attacker, stepping quickly forward and striking with a reverse punch to his attacker's chest.
- The trapped forces use up their supplies, and the attacker can strike from all directions.
a person or place that attacks another person or country► attacker also assailant formal someone who attacks another person: · Unknown assailants stabbed a British tourist and wounded his wife. · The attacker fled empty-handed.your/his/her etc attacker (=the person who attacked you/him/her etc): · Her attacker is described as white, in his mid-fifties and with medium-length dark hair.· Mrs Lundy's alleged assailants were aquitted of all charges.
► aggressor a country that attacks another country, especially when that country has not already attacked first: · The situation is complex and it is not easy to determine exactly who is the aggressor in this case.military/foreign etc aggressor: · a call for united action against the foreign aggressor· The USSR scored valuable propaganda points against its Western aggressors.
► sex attacker a sex attacker VERB► kill· Eventually Ponyboy's best friend, Johnny kills his attacker in order to save his and Ponyboy's life.· If the spear killed attackers, so much the better.· In popular mythology poisonous snakes are always ready and waiting for the chance to strike out and kill their attackers.
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