counterattacker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterattacker
Noun
  • But the drug could also increase their vulnerability to ocean predators, decreasing their chances of surviving long enough to return home to spawn, Caudill said.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
  • As semiaquatic ambush predators, today’s crocodylians primarily occupy similar ecological roles in a wide variety of environments.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This maximum security facility houses the country's most brutal criminals, including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and terrorists.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • At twenty-one, having long since left home for college, and driven by the desire to protect her siblings, Sinno became one of the rare victims in France to file a complaint against her rapist.
    Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The assailant hopped a fence at the governor's mansion, broke windows, entered the residence and deployed Molotov cocktails made from beer bottles and gasoline, police said.
    Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The assailant pulled a knife while the plane was in air, demanding the domestic flight take him out of the country, Police Commissioner Chester Williams told journalists.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Counterattacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterattacker. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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