aggressor
Example Sentences
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Axar played the aggressor, Sundar the anchor, and the win was sealed with 28 balls to spare.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
Prosecuting barrister Nicholas Lobbenberg KC said Digwa had a "weapons obsession", adding that his depiction to police of Nowak as a "racist, drunk, violent aggressor compounds the natural grief and loss of the deceased's family".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Federal agents claimed he was the aggressor in that incident, but Martinez said neither he nor other members of the group have faced any charges in connection with their work.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 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
