assailant
/əˈseɪl(ə)nt
/noun
A person who physically attacks another: the police have no firm leads about the identity of his assailant...
- The assailants fled after the attack, for which no militant group has claimed responsibility.
- It is common in knife attacks for such assailants to strike quickly and repeatedly.
- As I physically wrenched her assailant away from her, my sign was also grabbed and ripped up.
Synonyms
attacker, mugger
rare assaulter
Rhymes
- preservation order
- preservatise
- preservative
- preservatize
- preservator
- preservatory
- preserve
- preserved lemon
- preserved pension
- preserver
- pre-service
- preserving glass
- preserving jar
- preserving sugar
- preses
- preset
- presettable
- presexual
- preshadow
- pre-shrink
- preshrinkage
- pre-shrunk
- preside
- presidency
- president