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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
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'aggressor'
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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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Translations for 'aggressor'

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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