Definition of 'aggressor'

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aggressor

(əgresəʳ )

Word forms: plural aggressors

countable noun

The aggressor in a fight or battle is the person, group, or country that starts it.

They have been the aggressors in this conflict.

Synonyms: attacker, assaulter, invader, assailant More Synonyms of aggressor

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aggressor in American

(əˈgrɛsər ; əgresˈər)

noun

a person, nation, etc. that is guilty of aggression, or makes an unprovoked attack

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Example sentences containing 'aggressor'

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The aggressor becomes the victim, the city becomes a barren planet. Times, Sunday Times (2011)The problem with conventional deterrence by denial is in ensuring that a potential aggressor does not perceive the chance of victory as a risk worth taking. McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)In fact she seems to have been more victim than aggressor, a tragic casualty of her own exalted hopes for freedom. Lucy Moore Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France (2006)Was Germany the main aggressor? Times, Sunday Times (2016)

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British English: aggressor NOUN

The aggressor in a fight or battle is the person, group, or country that starts it.

They were the aggressors in this conflict.

American English: aggressor
Brazilian Portuguese: agressor
Chinese: 挑衅者
European Spanish: agresor
French: agresseur
German: Aggressor
Italian: aggressore
Japanese: 攻撃者
Korean: 침략자
European Portuguese: agressor
Spanish: agresor

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Types of noun

Nouns can be classified according to what they refer to. Nouns that are really names are called proper nouns. Proper nouns usually refer to a particular named person or thing. They include: the na...