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Attacker

One who attacks.

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Narrower term 21

Ambusher 76% connected

One lying in ambush.

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Avenger 76% connected

One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.

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Beast 76% connected

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

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Brute 76% connected

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

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Bully 76% connected

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

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Harasser 76% connected

One who harasses.

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Harrier 76% connected

One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.

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Iconoclast 76% connected

A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.

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Marauder 76% connected

A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.

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predator 76% connected

An organism that hunts and feeds on other organisms

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Rowdy 76% connected

One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.

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Ruffian 76% connected

A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.

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Savage 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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Shedder 76% connected

One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.

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Slasher 76% connected

A machine for applying size to warp yarns.

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Spiller 76% connected

One who, or that which, spills.

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Stabber 76% connected

One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.

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Stoner 76% connected

One who stones; one who makes an assault with stones.

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Tough 76% connected

Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…

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Vulture 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae.

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Wolf 76% connected

Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most d…

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Offender 76% connected

One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer.

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Wrongdoer 76% connected

One who injures another, or who does wrong.

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Attack 74% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Attack 74% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Synonym 3

Aggressor 92% connected

The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

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Assailant 92% connected

Assailing; attacking.

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Assaulter 92% connected

One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

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