Examples of aggressor in a Sentence
Each country accused the other of being the aggressor.
a group of smaller states had formed an alliance to deter potential aggressors
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Any participation of Russian gymnasts in international competitions, regardless of athletes' presence of a status of neutrality, is threatened by using such participation to demonstrate recognition of the aggressor country as a civilized world.
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
When force starts, support for the aggressor must end, and condemnation must begin.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
This is the same president who habitually confuses aggressor and victim in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
The laws of neutrality don’t distinguish between aggressor and victim, because those distinctions are not always clear-cut.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
When force starts, support for the aggressor must end, and condemnation must begin.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
This is the same president who habitually confuses aggressor and victim in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
The laws of neutrality don’t distinguish between aggressor and victim, because those distinctions are not always clear-cut.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for aggressor
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“Aggressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggressor. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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aggressor
noun
ag·gres·sor
ə-ˈgres-ər 
: a person or country that attacks without reasonable cause
Medical Definition
aggressor
noun
ag·gres·sor
ə-ˈgres-ər
: one who exhibits aggression
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