counterattacker

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Noun
  • Without natural predators to keep the deer population in balance, the deer population first exploded.
    Mark VanderSchaaf, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
  • In November, a shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man at a national park beach on Australia's east coast in a rare instance of the predator attacking two people.
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Hannah’s rapist, Aaron Delaney, happens to be a hockey player too and is the star of Briar’s rival team.
    Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • The president has been labeled with such nefarious terms as Satan, Hitler, rapist and pedophile by the Democrats and their ilk.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Castillo instead met with the attackers on a plan to keep word from getting out.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • Abdullah exchanged gunfire with the attackers and alerted everyone inside to go into lockdown, officials said.
    Tom Winter, NBC news, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • Police backed by helicopters and drones were searching for the assailant who remained at large after opening fire in several locations in Tarsus, in Mersin province.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • The assailant allegedly fled in a car, according to Demirören News Agency (DHA).
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 May 2026
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“Counterattacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterattacker. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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