assailant
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as·sail·ant
(ə-sā′lənt)n.
A person who attacks another.
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assailant
(əˈseɪlənt)n
a person who attacks another, either physically or verbally: he was unable to recognize his assailants.
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as•sail•ant
(əˈseɪ lənt)n.
a person who attacks.
[1525–35; < Middle French]
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Noun | 1. | assailant - someone who attacks ambusher - an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack avenger, retaliator - someone who takes vengeance bludgeoner - an assailant who uses a bludgeon iconoclast - someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions night rider, nightrider - member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge slasher - someone who slashes another person stabber - someone who stabs another person |
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assailant
noun attacker, assaulter, invader, aggressor, assailer Other party-goers rescued the man from his assailant.
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assailant
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Translations
مُهاجِـم
útočník
angriberoverfaldsmandplageånd
árásarmaîur
assailant
[əˈseɪlənt] N → asaltante mf, agresor(a) m/fshe did not recognize her assailants → no reconoció a los que la agredieron
there were four assailants → eran cuatro los agresores
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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assailant
n → Angreifer(in) m(f)
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assailant
[əˈseɪlənt] n → assalitore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
assail
(əˈseil) verb to attack, torment. He was assailed with questions; assailed by doubts.
asˈsailant noun a person who attacks. His assailant came up behind him in the dark.
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