attacker

at·tack  (-tk)

v. at·tacked, at·tack·ing, at·tacks

v.tr.

1. To set upon with violent force.

2. To criticize strongly or in a hostile manner.

3. To start work on with purpose and vigor: attack a problem.

4. To begin to affect harmfully: a disease that attacks the central nervous system.

v.intr.

To make an attack; launch an assault: The enemy attacked during the night.

n.

1. The act or an instance of attacking; an assault.

2. An expression of strong criticism; hostile comment: vicious attacks in all the newspapers.

3. Sports

a. An offensive action in a sport or game.

b. The players executing such an action.

4.

a. The initial movement in a task or undertaking: made an optimistic attack on the pile of paperwork.

b. A method or procedure: Our attack on this project will have two phases.

5. An episode or onset of a disease, especially an occurrence of a chronic disease: an asthma attack.

6. The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire: an attack of hunger; an attack of melancholy.

7.

a. Music The beginning or manner of beginning a piece, passage, or tone.

b. Decisiveness and clarity in artistic expression: a careful performance, but one lacking the rigorous attack the work demands.

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[French attaquer, from Old French, from Old Italian *estaccare, of Germanic origin.]

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at·tacker n.

Synonyms: attack, bombard, assail, storm, assault, beset
These verbs mean to set upon, physically or figuratively. Attack applies to offensive action, especially to the onset of planned aggression: The commandos attacked the outpost at dawn.
Bombard suggests showering with bombs or shells (The warplanes bombarded the town) or with words (The celebrity was bombarded with invitations). Assail implies repeated attacks: Critics assailed the author's second novel.
Storm refers to a sudden, sweeping attempt to achieve a victory: "After triumphantly storming the country, [the President] is obliged to storm Capitol Hill" (The Economist).
Assault usually implies sudden, intense violence: Muggers often assault their victims on dark streets.
Beset suggests beleaguerment from all sides: The fox was beset by hunters and hounds.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

attacker - someone who attacks                   aggressor, assailant, assaulter offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law ambusher - an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack avenger, retaliator - someone who takes vengeance brute, savage, wildcat, beast, wolf - a cruelly rapacious person bludgeoner - an assailant who uses a bludgeon bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough - a cruel and brutal fellow harrier, harasser - a persistent attacker; "the harassers were not members of the regular army" iconoclast - someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions marauder, piranha, predator, vulture - someone who attacks in search of booty night rider, nightrider - member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge raper, rapist - someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse shedder, spiller - an attacker who sheds or spills blood; "a great hunter and spiller of blood" slasher - someone who slashes another person stabber - someone who stabs another person lapidator, stoner - an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)

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attacker

noun assailant, assaulter, raider, intruder, invader, aggressor, mugger There were signs that she had struggled with her attacker.

Translations

attacker [əˈtækəʳ] N → agresor(a) m/f, atacante mf

attacker [əˈtækə^r] n

→ attaquant m, agresseur m

(SPORT) → attaquant(e) m/f

attacker

n → Angreifer(in) m(f)

attacker [əˈtækəʳ] n → aggressore m, assalitore/trice