aggressor
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"The burden of escalation would rest squarely upon the aggressor; they and they alone would bear the full moral, political, and strategic weight of deciding whether to do so," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Witnesses suggested that Tom had acted in self-defense against his aggressor after the two came to blows one day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The prosecution's student witnesses described Anthony as the aggressor.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Verhoeven, in just his second professional boxing fight, was the clear aggressor for long spells, stunning generational great Usyk in a way nobody expected.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
For the first time in modern history, major wars of aggression were stopped partly because of the revulsion felt by the citizens of the aggressor nations.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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