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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Nearly all other Western leaders see Russia as a rogue state and an aggressor.
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Zachary Basu, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
His comments are out of step with many more traditional conservatives, as well as most Americans, who view Russia as the aggressor in the war, which passed its three-year anniversary this week.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
While Macron and Trump made nice at the White House, their countries were at loggerheads at the United Nations over resolutions describing Russia as the aggressor in the war.
—Sylvie Corbet, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Even many Republicans who bristled at the tens of billions of dollars in aid packages that Congress approved for Ukraine were resolute that Russia and Vladimir V. Putin, its president, were the aggressors in the conflict.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Zachary Basu, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
His comments are out of step with many more traditional conservatives, as well as most Americans, who view Russia as the aggressor in the war, which passed its three-year anniversary this week.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
While Macron and Trump made nice at the White House, their countries were at loggerheads at the United Nations over resolutions describing Russia as the aggressor in the war.
—Sylvie Corbet, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Even many Republicans who bristled at the tens of billions of dollars in aid packages that Congress approved for Ukraine were resolute that Russia and Vladimir V. Putin, its president, were the aggressors in the conflict.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 25 Feb. 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 5 Mar. 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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