assailant

noun

as·sail·ant ə-ˈsā-lənt

plural assailants

Synonyms of assailant next

: a person who attacks someone violently

an assault by an unknown assailant

She could identify the assailant and his two accomplices, and she wanted to press charges.—

Jennifer Baumgardner

Detectives speculated that she may have been punched on the chin, perhaps knocked unconscious by her assailant.—

Joseph Wambaugh

Examples of assailant in a Sentence

the darkness prevented me from getting a good look at my assailant

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Her world is rocked, however, when she’s brutally attacked by an unseen assailant on Halloween night. —

Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025 After this collision, the driver was shot at by an unknown assailant who fled the scene. —

Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025 In the early hours of the following morning, his throat is slit by an unseen assailant. —

Violet Kupersmith, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025 Just before the latter event, an assailant struck Kerrigan’s knee with a police baton after a practice session at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. —

Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for assailant