besieger

noun

Definition of besiegernext
as in invader

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  1. aggressor
  2. raider
  3. predator
Noun
  • The incident led to Chigvintsev’s arrest on suspicion of corporal injury to a spouse, though Napa County prosecutors subsequently declined to file charges and the dancer and his attorney alleged that Garcia was the primary aggressor.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Light-reflecting mica and antioxidant-rich blue and red algae extracts moisturize, plump, and protect your skin against environmental aggressors.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of aggressor
Noun
  • While raiders still rampaged, the Tonkawa more than doubled the number of the city's defenders.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
  • More than 800 years ago, raiders threw a dead body into a well outside a Norwegian castle.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of raider
Noun
  • By coincidence, most of them met through the Headwaters Chapter 642 of Minnesota Trout Unlimited, which is ironic, perhaps, considering pike are voracious predators of trout, Young says.
    Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The birds were also evaluated based on their foraging success and predator response.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of predator
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