/ʌtæˈkɚ/ - [utaker] - at•tack•er
We found 6 definitions of attacker from 5 different sources.
NounPlural: attackers |
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attacker - someone who attacks | ||
aggressor, assailant, assaulter | ||
offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law | ||
ambusher an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack | ||
avenger, retaliator someone who takes vengeance | ||
beast, brute, savage, wildcat, wolf a cruelly rapacious person | ||
bludgeoner an assailant who uses a bludgeon | ||
hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, bully, tough a cruel and brutal fellow | ||
harasser, harrier a persistent attacker; "the harassers were not members of the regular army" | ||
iconoclast someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | ||
marauder, piranha, predator, vulture someone who attacks in search of booty | ||
night rider, nightrider member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge | ||
raper, rapist someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse | ||
shedder, spiller an attacker who sheds or spills blood; "a great hunter and spiller of blood" | ||
slasher a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing | ||
stabber someone who stabs another person |