Assailant

//əˈseɪlənt//

Synonyms for "assailant" (23 found)

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Translations

46 translations across 30 languages.

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Arabic

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  • مُعْتَدٍ noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • مُهَاجِم noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Azerbaijani

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  • təcavüzkar noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Bulgarian

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  • нападател noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Catalan

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  • assaltador noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 攻擊者 /攻击者 noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Czech

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  • útočník noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Danish

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  • angriber noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • overfaldsmand noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Dutch

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  • aanrander noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Finnish

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  • hyökkääjä noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • päällekarkaaja noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

French

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  • agresseur noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • assaillant noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Georgian

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  • თავდამსხმელი noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

German

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  • Angreifer noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Hungarian

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  • támadó noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Icelandic

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  • árásarmaður noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Italian

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  • aggressore noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • assalitore noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Japanese

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  • 加害者 noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Kazakh

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  • шабуылдаушы noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • шабуылшы noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Korean

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  • 가해자 noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Latin

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  • oppugnātor noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Macedonian

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  • на́пасник noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • на́паѓач noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Māori

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  • kaihuaki noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • kaipatu noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • kaiuruhi noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Norwegian

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  • overfallsmann noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • angriper noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Polish

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  • agresor noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • atakujący noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • napadający noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • napastnik noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Portuguese

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  • agressor noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Russian

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  • агре́ссор noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • напа́вший noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • напада́ющий noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • napadač noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Slovene

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  • napadalec noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • napadalka noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Spanish

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  • asaltante noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)
  • atacante noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Turkish

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  • saldırgan noun (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally)

Sample sentences

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Witnesses provided detailed descriptions of the assailant.

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Tom tried to fight back his assailant.

Source: tatoeba (3902224)

Tom struggled with his assailant and managed to escape.

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He shot his assailant but didn't kill him.

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