aggressor

Example Sentences

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The next day, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned that "any external aggressor will encounter an unbreakable resistance."

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

He hit Rashid for two fours and a six in his second over and was the aggressor in a partnership of 71 with Tom Bruce.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 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

Buddy, not Odd, comes off as the aggressor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The audience broke into applause, with yells of "Shame to the aggressor! Shame to the aggressor!"

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau