Term Gallery logo

Meanings of aggressor in English

Portuguese
assaltante
Catalan
atacant
Spanish
atacante

A person who attacks.

assaltante
Usage of aggressor in English
1
The original motive of the aggressor faded away in prudence and circumspection.
On War
2
The moment the bee is stung I release it from the aggressor.
Social Life in the Insect World
3
One moment he's playing both victim and aggressor in a shark attack.
The Guardian
4
Now that the initiation was set, he'd let me be the aggressor.
Succubi like it hot
5
But increasingly it is taking the role of guarantor rather than aggressor.
The Irish Times
6
He might suspect-butthe facts showed Ford the aggressor, and Mose also.
The Uphill Climb
7
Nieminen needs to be the aggressor again, rather than playing within himself.
The Guardian
8
A burly student, armed with a stout cane, was the principal aggressor.
The Puppet Crown
9
We owe the aggressor eternal thanks for having procured us this masterpiece.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
10
During lucid periods, I learned that cold hadn't been my only aggressor.
206 Bones
11
It looks as if one of our own ships is the aggressor.
Star Wars: Tarkin
12
And, as you remarked a while back, I was certainly the aggressor.
Empire Builders
13
Wilson said he feared for his life and Brown was the aggressor.
Reuters
14
More than that, he threatened to accuse them of being the aggressor.
Cerulean Sins
15
He was the aggressor, and, though offended, was too chivalrous to quarrel.
The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
16
If circumstantial evidence went for anything, Ray himself had been my aggressor.
The Betrayal
About this term
More collocations
Translations for aggressor
Spanish
atacante
Aggressor through the time
Aggressor across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common