counterattackers

noun

variants or counter-attackers
Definition of counterattackersnext
plural of counterattacker
as in predators

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  1. predators
  2. attackers
  3. assailants
  4. invaders
Noun
  • To Catch a Predator was a popular television show designed to hunt down child predators and lure them to a film set, where they would be interviewed and eventually arrested.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
  • One theory holds that since shells frequently prevent tortoises from being eaten by predators, shelled species tend to live longer, and over time that may have helped to produce evolutionary pressures to age more slowly.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of predators
Noun
  • This is to ensure the maximum number of users get a chance to update and protect themselves from the threats before attackers get a chance to exploit them.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Ukrainian 37th Marine Brigade met the attackers.
    David Axe, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of attackers
Noun
  • Arab and Iranian media have shared footage from inside the embassy's premises, where assailants rummaged through furniture and documents inside the building and damaged some windows.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The assailants appeared to have arrived at the location in a Lexus ES.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of assailants
Noun
  • By framing Muslims as enemies and refugees as invaders, Hegseth seeks to further divide Americans along lines of religious belief—and gleefully embraces the idea of destructive religious conflict.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • López told our group of nine how the ancient Romans had used the tunnels as escape routes from invaders, then grabbed a few of the mysterious bottles, wiped off the condensation, and led us out into the sunlight to taste them.
    Megan Lloyd, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of invaders
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