aggressor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aggressor
1670–80; < Late Latin, Latin aggred- (stem of aggredī to attack; see aggress) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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He warned this month that "any external aggressor will encounter an unbreakable resistance."
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Will then lurches into a tut-tutting recapitulation of the French army chief of staff’s public statement that his nation’s people must accept the risk of losing their children to protect France from an unnamed aggressor.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
If the antidote is keeping the explosive Head at the top of the order and bringing an aggressor like Josh Inglis into the team, it creates the possibility of runs and wickets happening quickly.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
What is disputed is which power Adolf Hitler, the war’s main aggressor, was most concerned with and which power made the biggest contribution to his defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Once again, the players seemed to switch personalities as they played, with Petrosian as the aggressor.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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