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View synonyms for assailant

assailant

[ uh-sey-luhnt ]

noun

  1. a person who attacks.


adjective

  1. Archaic. assailing; attacking; hostile.

assailant

/ əˈseɪlənt /

noun

  1. a person who attacks another, either physically or verbally

    he was unable to recognize his assailants

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of assailant1

From the Middle French word assaillant, dating back to 1525–35. See assail, -ant
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Example Sentences

Popkin said the deputy appears to have unsuccessfully tried to use his Taser to stop the assailant, who continued to attack with the piece of wood.

Karau ended up representing himself in General District Court — and the alleged assailant was convicted of assault.

The assailants belonged to the Front de Libération du Québec, or FLQ, a militant group that called for the independence of their Francophone province in eastern Canada.

Video of the encounter soon spread on the Internet, prompting people to speculate online about the alleged assailant’s identity.

Noble left his vehicle and the assailant began chasing him in broad daylight, while continuing to shoot at him.

Somebody yanks Chan and elbows him and he is momentarily distracted trying to apprehend his assailant.

The rationale in those cases, he said, is that DNA should be used to identify the assailant.

Thankfully, Linda was not injured and the assailant, a white male, was arrested.

My assailant will remain unpunished, and life on this campus will continue its course as if nothing had happened.

There was that time Nancy Kerrigan was whacked in the knee by a baton-wielding assailant in 1994.

In the distance he saw his late assailant running hard; the coach had disappeared.

So long as he had to deal with a single assailant he saw no need to move from so excellent a position.

If Mr. Adams fell where he was struck, the assailant must have had that door directly before him.

Now if he saw the tragedy from this point, he saw it over the assailant's shoulder, instead of face to face.

A second curse, and the assailant ghost-like was gliding amongst the orchard trees.

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