as in invader
one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause
a group of smaller states had formed an alliance to deter potential aggressors
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Recent Examples of aggressor
Although their offense isn't the caliber of France and Norway, Belgium is talented and should be the aggressor in this match.
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David Troy Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
But the show still makes its point that the world of this play has narcissistic aggressors and flailing victims, and those who fall into both of those categories.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
When sacred places are bombed, when clergy are silenced, when believers are tortured, when religious freedom is crushed, the aggressor attempts to extinguish the living conscience of a nation.
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Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
One of them was a decision taken in March, 2025, to block most or all of the aid, and that actually gave Hamas and Israel’s aggressors a lot of power, because, for several months, there was almost no food going into Gaza.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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David Troy Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
But the show still makes its point that the world of this play has narcissistic aggressors and flailing victims, and those who fall into both of those categories.
—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
When sacred places are bombed, when clergy are silenced, when believers are tortured, when religious freedom is crushed, the aggressor attempts to extinguish the living conscience of a nation.
—
Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
One of them was a decision taken in March, 2025, to block most or all of the aid, and that actually gave Hamas and Israel’s aggressors a lot of power, because, for several months, there was almost no food going into Gaza.
—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggressor
Noun
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Only in these United States can the progeny of people once portrayed as parasites and invaders side with those making the same argument about the latest batch of newcomers.
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Lymph nodes are where T cells and B cells encounter foreign invaders and mount a defense response.
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Corporate raiders became the enforcers.
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For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
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Arias had just received a yellow card after sticking out his leg to slow a Ghana attacker.
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Real Madrid attacker Brahim Díaz went into the right side of the box, dragging two defenders with him before laying the ball back to Ounahi to clinically score his brace.
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“Aggressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggressor. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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