aggressor

Example Sentences

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He warned this month that "any external aggressor will encounter an unbreakable resistance."

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Despite being hampered by the damage to her eye, Serrano remained the aggressor, using her experience to manage distance, cut off the ring and protect her vision.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Will then lurches into a tut-tutting recapitulation of the French army chief of staff’s public statement that his nation’s people must accept the risk of losing their children to protect France from an unnamed aggressor.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Instances where someone accidentally kills a bystander while defending against an aggressor “are the responsibility of the criminal perpetrator,” the foundation said, not of the person engaged in legitimate self-defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

The audience broke into applause, with yells of "Shame to the aggressor! Shame to the aggressor!"

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau