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
  • Last week, Newsom signed a bill putting a moratorium on all blood thinning rat poisons, which travel up the food chain when predators eat dead or sickened rats.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Herbivores graze with their calves, perhaps because clearings allow them to more easily spot predators.
    Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of predators
Noun
  • Gold said they were chased by attackers on motorbikes and some of their pursuers were armed with knives.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Footage circulating on social media showed supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team being chased down and assaulted on Thursday night, with one video geolocated by NBC News to near Amsterdam's central station that showed fighting on the streets between the Israelis and their attackers.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of attackers
Noun
  • 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.
    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
Definition of assailants
Noun
  • Ukraine can’t trademark its hatred of Russian invaders.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • That report found that there was indeed quite a bit of difference in how men and women respond to bacterial and viral invaders.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of invaders
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