as in attackers
one who violently sets upon another
the darkness prevented me from getting a good look at my assailant
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But human rights groups believe the real toll to be far greater, with thousands more users and small-time peddlers killed in mysterious circumstances by unknown assailants.
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Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Two assailants on a motorcycle fired at Father Marcelo Pérez, 41, who was found dead inside a vehicle in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, according to prosecutors in Chiapas.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
One of Kraven’s would-be assailants winds up with a bear trap wrapped around his face.
—Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
To look her assailants in the eye, day after day, on stage in front of a now-global public.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Police are still searching for the assailants who opened fire Saturday on people who had reportedly gathered for a family event in Lusikisiki village in Eastern Cape province.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Yet from February to August 2015, four prominent atheist bloggers were killed by machete-wielding assailants.
—Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2017
Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Two assailants on a motorcycle fired at Father Marcelo Pérez, 41, who was found dead inside a vehicle in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, according to prosecutors in Chiapas.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
One of Kraven’s would-be assailants winds up with a bear trap wrapped around his face.
—Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
To look her assailants in the eye, day after day, on stage in front of a now-global public.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Police are still searching for the assailants who opened fire Saturday on people who had reportedly gathered for a family event in Lusikisiki village in Eastern Cape province.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Yet from February to August 2015, four prominent atheist bloggers were killed by machete-wielding assailants.
—Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2017
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“Assailants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailants. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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