counterattacker

noun

Definition of counterattackernext
as in predator

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  1. predator
  2. rapist
  3. assailant
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
Noun
  • Investigators believe the attacker in 1989 was a serial rapist.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But the most sinister aspect of the movie, to me, is how banal its serial rapists are—how corny and ineffectual, these cringeworthy failsons.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of rapist
Noun
  • The assailant used zip ties to constrain her wrists before strangling her nearly unconscious twice.
    Michael Loftus, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The assailant then raped the victim before fleeing southbound on Virginia Ave., cops said, adding that afterward, Williams approached a nearby food truck vendor and asked for napkins.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of assailant
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