aggressor
The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggressionThe person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
» Tom was clearly the aggressor.
Meaning
1 sensesThe person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Aggressor, Aggressorin, Angreifer
агре́ссорagréssor
агре́сорahrésor, агре́соркаahrésorka
- a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
- someone who attacks
Examples
25 sentencesTom was clearly the aggressor.
You can safely assume that anything the aggressor says is a lie.
Можна з упевненістю припустити, що все, що говорить агресор, - це брехня.
The aggressor's soldiers were nothing more than thieves, murderers and rapists in uniform.
Воїни агресора були нічим іншим, як злодіями, вбивцями та ґвалтівниками в погонах.
deDie Soldaten des Angreifers waren nichts anderes als Diebe, Mörder und Vergewaltiger in Uniform.
It's on the aggressor's side of town.
The aggressors are bound to be defeated.
Translations
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Origin
Derived from Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).Derived from Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).
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Forms
plural: aggressors| Singular | aggressor |
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