aggressor

Example Sentences

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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

"No pressure can justify collaborating with an aggressor," Silva wrote in an open letter addressed to Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela's powerful interior minister and a close ally of Maduro.

From Barron's • May 16, 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

Will then lurches into a tut-tutting recapitulation of the French army chief of staff’s public statement that his nation’s people must accept the risk of losing their children to protect France from an unnamed aggressor.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Military leaders warned that it was essential to be strong and prepared, as a warning to any aggressor.

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