| 单词 | assailant |
| 释义 | assailant (once / 859 pages) n A wife who sends a vase sailing at her husband's head might be considered an assailant, or attacker. Or, they might be playing a game of dodgeball with the furniture. Assailant comes from the Latin ad- meaning "at" and salire meaning "to leap." Leap at someone and you're an assailant — someone who attacks. You'll usually hear this word when lawyers or police are talking about attacks, because most people use its synonym attacker in casual conversation. Have you ever been attacked by ants, looking down to see your foot covered in them? Think of the word ant when you spell the word assailant to remember its ending. WORD FAMILYassailant: assailants+/assail: assailable, assailant, assailed, assailing, assails, reassail/assailable: assailability, assailably, unassailable/reassail: reassailed/unassailable: unassailablest, unassailably USAGE EXAMPLESThey say one of the assailants punched the 51-year-old Trotwood man when he handed over his phone, causing him to fall to the ground. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Police said the alleged assailant appears to be between 16 and 20 years old. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) State Department on Sunday warned U.S. citizens in Istanbul to limit movements “to an absolute minimum” while the search for the assailant continues. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) n someone who attacks Syn|Hypo|Hyper aggressor, assaulter, attacker ambusher an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack avenger, retaliatorsomeone who takes vengeance beast, brute, savage, wildcat, wolfa cruelly rapacious person bludgeoneran assailant who uses a bludgeon bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yoboa cruel and brutal fellow harasser, harriera persistent attacker iconoclastsomeone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions marauder, piranha, predator, vulturesomeone who attacks in search of booty night rider, nightridermember of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge raper, rapistsomeone who forces another to have sexual intercourse shedder, spilleran attacker who sheds or spills blood slashersomeone who slashes another person stabbersomeone who stabs another person lapidator, stoneran attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill) bullyboya swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction moss-troopera marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland) muscle, musclemana bully employed as a thug or bodyguard skinheada young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations plug-ugly, tough guysomeone who bullies weaker people offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law |
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