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[ uh-gres-er ] / əˈgrɛs ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR aggressor ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person, group, or nation that attacks first or initiates hostilities; an assailant or invader. Origin of aggressor1670–80; <Late Latin, Latin aggred- (stem of aggredī to attack; see aggress) + -tor-tor Words nearby aggressoraggression, aggressive, aggressive infantile fibromatosis, aggressively, aggressive mimicry, aggressor, aggrieve, aggrieved, aggro, agha, aghast Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aggressorAnd in many cases the appropriate response to an invasion has been a declaration of war against the aggressor. Is the U.S. Enabling Putin's Invasion?|Christopher Dickey|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST When passions are enflamed, people will be less willing to sit down and negotiate with someone they view as an aggressor. Venezuela Burns, Body Count Rises|Juan Nagel|March 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Davis begins the film, punched by an aggressor into the gutter and ends it the same way. Why No Oscar Love For 'Inside Llewyn Davis'?|Tim Teeman|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Gladwell claims that the officer was trying to restrain his dogs while Gadsden was the aggressor. Malcolm Gladwell In Five Minutes: What to Know to Pretend You’ve Read the New Book|Thomas Flynn|October 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Going back to square one would be an unjust outcome and a prize to the aggressor. Excitement Over Land Swaps Is Misplaced|Dani Dayan|May 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Plato approves of war conducted so far, as to compel the aggressor to indemnify the injured and the innocent. The Rights of War and Peace|Hugo Grotius Yet the wounded man, getting hold of his cattan, wounded the aggressor. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX.|Robert Kerr It is in this way that nature seems to prepare a punishment for the aggressor. Economic Sophisms|Frederic Bastiat Thus the majority of the Chamber, with the clearest warning of danger, insisted on giving the aggressor every possible advantage. History of Modern Europe 1972-1878|C. A. Fyffe From the start, however, Sheridan was the aggressor and Hampton was forced to fight a defensive battle. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman|J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
Words related to aggressortrespasser, assailant, invader, intruder, instigator, raider, initiator, provoker |