aggressor

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 This idea is at the very foundation of the UN, where today Americans vote in favor of the aggressor and against the aggressed, because the Trumpian vision coincides with Putin’s: a return to spheres of influence, where great powers dictate the fate of small nations. Claude Malhuret, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025 Some pop-culture analysts took this to mean that Jabbari was the aggressor. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025 The caller said a white man was the aggressor and was still inside the store, according to the report. Phil Helsel, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025 Their discomfort, their fear, their embarrassment—none of these things seem to matter to aggressors consumed by their own emotions. Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aggressor

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“Aggressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggressor. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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