assaulter

as in assailant
one who violently sets upon another police released a composite drawing of a suspect believed to be the assaulter

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Noun
  • The assailants remain at large.
    Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The assailants walked to a wall of the business near the air pump.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Reducing your digital footprint limits the amount of information that phishing attackers can use to make fake emails look convincing.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Yamal is an impact attacker at just 18 years old, and Pedri is a top midfielder at 22.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Assaulter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaulter. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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