aggressor

Example Sentences

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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

“Should the enemy attack,” it reads, “our Revolution will defend itself until victory is achieved and the aggressor is expelled.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

He warned this month that "any external aggressor will encounter an unbreakable resistance."

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

“We have to make sure that we in Germany are not vulnerable, that we can’t be attacked and that a possible aggressor knows an attack isn’t worth it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Fired up with the conviction that their cause was a noble one and the enemy an aggressor, they joined the colors and went to war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman